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Telemundo: Unbelievable Even for Arpaio: Woman Forced to Give Birth While Shackled

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Video: Sheriff Joe Arpaio Forces Woman to Give Birth While Shackled by Mariela Rosario | 11.18.2009 Telemundo The news team for Telemundo 52 recently reported on Alma Minerva Chacon, a women who was terrorized by Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Unfortunately, she is just the latest in a long line of Latinos who have suffered at the hands of the ruthless Sheriff whose personal goal is to rid Arizona of all "illegals" and just maybe, all Latinos. Arpaio has repeatedly stated that he is breaking no laws and just enforcing the constitution by arresting more than 600 Latinos a year. But the problem with his tactics is that less than half of those arrested are even in this country illegally. The most recent atrocity committed by the self-proclaimed "America's Toughest Sheriff" involves a woman who was detained while 9-months pregnant...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on November 30, 2009 (boomark / email).