Today, Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) and Senator Kelda Roys (D-Madison) have re-introduced legislation to restrict the shackling of incarcerated women during labor and childbirth. Shackling includes the use of belly chains, which tie a person’s wrists to their waist and place iron shackles on their legs. Since 2011, at least 40 women in Wisconsin have been shackled while giving birth. Acc...
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