A new policy will remove wrist restraints once an inmate is in labor and the use of leg or waist restraints will now also be prevented
Pregnant inmates will no longer give birth in shackles in North Carolina after a change in the state’s prison rules.
Prisons director Kenneth Lassiter announced a new policy Monday that will remove wrist restraints once an inmate is in labor unless she poses an immediate risk of escape or is a clear threat to herself or others. The use of leg or waist restraints will now also be prevented.
“I am unaware of any cases of women or girls in labor attempting to escape. If I did – I would suggest that they are superhuman. Corrections officials often use this crazy scenario as a justification for chaining women prisoners during childbirth – but it simply doesn’t hold water,” Amy Fettig, deputy director of the ACLU national prison project, told the Guardian.
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