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NY largely bans use of shackles during childbirth

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

NY largely bans use of shackles during childbirth By CRISTIAN SALAZAR Associated Press Writer © 2009 The Associated Press Aug. 26, 2009 NEW YORK ? Gov. David Paterson on Wednesday signed into law a bill that largely bans the use of restraints on inmates during childbirth, making New York the sixth state in the country to do so, a spokeswoman said. Paterson signed the bill in spite of having reservations about language in it that allows a woman to be cuffed by one wrist while being taken from a prison to a hospital if she is considered to be a danger to herself, medical staff or correctional officers, spokeswoman Marissa Shorenstein said. At a rally in support of the bill last week, Paterson said he was concerned that a woman cuffed in an ambulance, for instance, could be in danger if there were an accident and she couldn't get out of the vehicle because of the restraint...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 27, 2009 (boomark / email).