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NY Times: About New York: Giving Life, Wearing Shackles and Chains,SEEKING CHANGE A protest in Manhattan over shackling of women in labor.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Congratulations to Tina Reynolds and Stacey Thompson and all of the other women on their excellent organizing work. Remember to call Gov. Paterson's office to say you want him to sign the bill! Lois About New York: Giving Life, Wearing Shackles and Chains SEEKING CHANGE A protest in Manhattan over shackling of inmates in labor. excellent picture at the URL at the bottom of this article. By JIM DWYER-NY Times Published: Sunday, July 10, 2009 One day last November, the first shudders of childbirth woke Venita Pinckney before dawn. She was well into her ninth month of pregnancy. She was also incarcerated at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, a state prison. Before she left for the hospital, Ms. Pinckney said, a corrections officer wrapped a chain twice around her waist and handcuffed her to it...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 12, 2009 (boomark / email).