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CA: CA- Schwarzenegger vetoes anti-shackling bill

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

September 27, 2010 From the office of Assemblymember Nancy Skinner The Governor just vetoed the bill with 2 sentences..... ?CSA?s mission is to regulate and develop standards for correctional facilities, not establish policies on transportation issues to and from other locations. Since this bill goes beyond the scope of CSA?s mission, I am unable to sign this bill?. Here is a description of the Bill Stop Shackling Pregnant Prisoners! Support AB 1900 (Skinner) Although the passage of AB 478 (Lieber) in 2005 ended harmful restraints on pregnant prisoners during labor, shackling of pregnant prisoners is still allowed at other times in ways which put them at greater risk for complications and miscarriage. For these reasons, AB 1900 (Skinner) is a necessary step in protecting pregnant inmates...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 28, 2010 (boomark / email).