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Labor Laws
Given the recent record for human rights abuses committed by the Unites States government in and around United States prison settings, this is hardly surprising, but that doesn't mean that this isn't hateful and unconscionable.
It is astonishing that in 20 states it is legal- and common- to shackle inmates while they are in labor and delivering their babies. Only five states actively do not permit the shackling- a practice that a halfwit would recognize as being potentially harmful to the mother and the baby. (The New York Times article points out that many women who find themselves pregnant and in prison are high risk for an assortment of reasons ranging from extreme youth to malnutrition.)
I don't exactly know where to begin to discuss how appalling this practice is, but if you want to feed your outrage, here is a list of other sources of information on Metafilter.
It is absolutely shaming, disgusting and would be unspeakable if these reports didn't demand that loud protests be shouted into any ear that is presently pretending to be deaf.
posted by Elise at 8:54 AM
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