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I think this qualifies -- and they aren't even terrorists.
"6th state will curb shackling; N.Y. set to ban use on pregnant prisoners in labor" by Cristian Salazar, Associated Press | August 26, 2009
NEW YORK - .... At state prisons around the country, jailed women are routinely shackled during childbirth, often by correctional staff without medical training, according to civil rights organizations and prisoner advocates....
For nearly four hours before she gave birth, Venita Pinckney had a chain wrapped around her swollen abdomen. Her ankles were shackled together and her hands were cuffed.
The 37-year-old was in a maximum-security prison for violating parole. An officer told her the use of restraints on pregnant inmates was “procedure.’’
“I’m saying to myself, ‘I feel like a pregnant animal,’ ’’ said Pinckney, who was taken from the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility to a hospital for the birth of her son last year.
Federal prisons and five states largely ban shackling pregnant women in prison....
Similar laws exist in Texas, Illinois, California, Vermont, and New Mexico, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. Legislatures in Massachusetts and Tennessee are considering bans, too. Advocates say the bans haven’t led to any escape attempts.
Oh, yeah, you are going to have a real hard time chasing down a pregnant lady!!!
Actually, some of those guards look like.... never mind.
So GET on the STICK, Massachusetts!!!!
