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Mothers Behind Bars: A state-by-state report card and analysis of federal policies on conditions of confinement for pregnant and parenting women and the effect on their children

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Mothers Behind Bars: A state-by-state report card and analysis of federal policies on conditions of confinement for pregnant and parenting women and the effect on their children National Women's Law Center and the Rebecca Project for Human Rights released the Mothers Behind Bars report, which explores the egregious practice of shackling women during childbirth and other important issues affecting pregnant and parenting women?the vast majority of whom are non-violent, first-time offenders. In the report, each state is graded on whether it has adequate policies?or any policies at all?on prenatal care, shackling, and family-based drug treatment as an alternative to incarceration. Twenty states and the District of Columbia receive overall failing grades...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 22, 2010 (boomark / email).