SALT LAKE CITY — Michelle Aldana gave birth to her first child chained to a hospital bed. Then serving time at the Utah state prison on a drug charge, she says she labored through the difficult 2001 ...

These days, it’s hard for Republicans and Democrats to come together on issues, but a bipartisan group of congresswomen in the House seem to have found a topic they can all get behind. A group of ...

MULTNOMAH COUNTY gets a lot of use out of its shackles. As a matter of course, prisoners who have hearings in the county courthouse have their hands cuffed, their legs in irons, and their arm movement ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Brian Toobin died in July 2024, he had been restrained with shackles in a hospital bed for about two months. Toobin, who was ...

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of female legislators in the House are introducing a bill that would outlaw the shackling of pregnant women while they are incarcerated in federal prisons. The ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland delegates will hear testimony about a bill that would prevent the shackling of pregnant inmates in most circumstances, particularly during labor and delivery. The House ...

APPLETON, Wis. (AP) - A practice of shackling pregnant prison inmates during childbirth has been replaced by a policy that bans the restraints in Wisconsin prisons except when security reasons require ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Some of Maryland’s local jails still shackle female inmates as they’re giving birth–a harmful and unnecessary practice, women’s advocates say. The state has already banned the ...

The Missouri House advanced a bill that would prevent pregnant inmates in their third trimester from being restrained, except under extraordinary circumstances. The bill would also create certain ...

MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor (D-Milwaukee) introduced a bill that would largely ban shackling pregnant women in jail. "It was the best and worst day of my life," said Cheri Branham.

DENVER (AP) - A state prison inmate suspected of swallowing bags of drugs was shackled to a chair for 51/2 days with little sleep and only brief breaks to stretch or use a restroom as authorities ...