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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

  • Organization: National Women's Law Center
  • Document Type: Report
  • Date Created: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
  • Submitted: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
  • Attachment(s): LINK

Report by the National Women's Law Center and the Rebecca Project for Human Rights 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. The report also identifies steps that the federal government could take to improve conditions of confinement for women in federal facilities, including prisons and immigration detention.

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