In California, we shackle pregnant women in prison. And despite widespread opposition, we will continue to do so. Last week, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have ordered ...

A few days ago, Mie Lewis blogged on the importance, and challenges, of protecting women in the criminal justice system. A recent report by the Rebecca Project and the National Women's Law Center ...

Some pregnant women who are inmates in Virginia's jails have been forced to go through labor and even delivery in handcuffs and shackles. A broad spectrum of faith, women's-rights advocates and prison ...

A federal lawsuit filed this month alleges police in the Bronx kept a pregnant woman shackled while she gave birth in February. Allegedly, doctors at Montefiore Medical Center warned that shackling a ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- A Missouri bill would require all city and county jails to develop specific intake policies for pregnant women. Under Senate Bill 50, sponsored by Sen. Rusty Black, ...