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| North Carolina will stop shackling pregnant inmates in labor |
| By heraldcourier.com |
| Published: 03/27/2018 |
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's prison system will no longer shackle pregnant inmates to their hospital beds while they are giving birth. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports the change comes in response to a complaint about two women whose names were not released. Prisons director Kenneth Lassiter signed the new policy Monday, preventing the use of leg or waist restraints on pregnant inmates and removing wrist restraints once the inmate is in labor, unless she's clearly a threat to herself or others or poses an immediate risk of escape. Read More. |
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