Add to ORKGThe practice of American prisons to shackle and otherwise restrain incarcerated, preg-nant women is problematic for several reasons. Such practices include shackling, chaining, and handcuffing pregnant inmates during their third trimester, transportation to and from medical facilities, labor and delivery, and postpartum recovery. Current discourse on this topic focuses primarily on how these practices invade the woman’s civil liberties, particularly the Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment, and international human rights. Recent case law vindicates policy rationales for such practices—safety of others, safety of the woman herself, and securing flight risks. These discussions overlook and this Note confronts the state’...
Does a pregnant woman who is in prison or jail still have the constitutional right to decide whether...
While the number of women is increasing among the prison population, so too is the need to accommoda...
In recent years, the scholarly literature, the journalistic press, and even pop culture have begun t...
The international human rights community has repeatedly expressed concern about the shackling of pre...
Despite international human rights guidelines that prohibit the practice, thirty-eight states and th...
In “Shackling Pregnant Prisoners: Cruel And Unusual Or Justified And Necessary?”, Ring analyzes the ...
Rationalized for decades on security grounds, perinatal shackling entails the application of handcuf...
Despite legislation and policy to prevent such things from happening, incarcerated pregnant women ar...
In recent decades, the treatment of pregnant prisoners has generated much public debate, in particul...
The practice of American prisons to shackle and otherwise restrain incarcerated, preg-nant women is ...
The current incarceration facilities for the growing number of women are depriving expecting mothers...
Pregnant incarcerated women have been identified as a particularly high-risk group and among the mos...
The United States prison population has grown at alarming and unprecedented rates in recent decades,...
Society\u27s traditional approach to women offenders has been focused on women as prisoners and not...
Over the last thirty years, the United States has increasingly expanded what is already the largest ...
Does a pregnant woman who is in prison or jail still have the constitutional right to decide whether...
While the number of women is increasing among the prison population, so too is the need to accommoda...
In recent years, the scholarly literature, the journalistic press, and even pop culture have begun t...
The international human rights community has repeatedly expressed concern about the shackling of pre...
Despite international human rights guidelines that prohibit the practice, thirty-eight states and th...
In “Shackling Pregnant Prisoners: Cruel And Unusual Or Justified And Necessary?”, Ring analyzes the ...
Rationalized for decades on security grounds, perinatal shackling entails the application of handcuf...
Despite legislation and policy to prevent such things from happening, incarcerated pregnant women ar...
In recent decades, the treatment of pregnant prisoners has generated much public debate, in particul...
The practice of American prisons to shackle and otherwise restrain incarcerated, preg-nant women is ...
The current incarceration facilities for the growing number of women are depriving expecting mothers...
Pregnant incarcerated women have been identified as a particularly high-risk group and among the mos...
The United States prison population has grown at alarming and unprecedented rates in recent decades,...
Society\u27s traditional approach to women offenders has been focused on women as prisoners and not...
Over the last thirty years, the United States has increasingly expanded what is already the largest ...
Does a pregnant woman who is in prison or jail still have the constitutional right to decide whether...
While the number of women is increasing among the prison population, so too is the need to accommoda...
In recent years, the scholarly literature, the journalistic press, and even pop culture have begun t...