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Monday, September 10, 2007

Women Suing Prisons Over the Death Of Their Children

This in from Missouri. Yes, it does happen in Colorado also. As far as shackling women who are giving birth, the Adminstrative Regulation gives our Department of Corrections discretion on who they shackle. It's an abomination.

Female offenders aren't so rare anymore. Yet once they're suspected of a crime, offenders who are pregnant confront a justice system designed years ago with men in mind.

And the outcome isn't always good.

Recently, Sofia Salva sued Kansas City and its police department over the premature birth and death of her son. Salva alleged that arresting officers and the city jail staff ignored her repeated requests for medical attention after she told them she was pregnant and bleeding.


Across the state line, former Johnson County inmate Michelle Hauck said authorities were told that she was carrying twins and that her doctor had recommended bed rest for a condition potentially fatal to a fetus. Instead, Hauck said, she was made to mop behind bars. The next day she was rushed to a hospital, shackled at the ankle, and later gave birth prematurely. Both newborns died.

Salva's attorney said he has an obstetrician's opinion that prompt attention would have prevented the miscarriage. It cannot be determined whether incarceration hastened the end of Hauck's pregnancy.

Neither case is unique.

In Wichita, a pregnant woman stunned by a Taser when arrested alleges that the shocks -- and a lack of jail care -- led to her miscarriage.

In Tampa, Fla., Kimberly Grey is suing over the death of her son, who was born over a jail cell toilet and died en route to the hospital. Grey said she told officials of her labor pains for 12 hours before the birth.

Former inmate Shawanna Nelson sued the Arkansas prison system for shackling her during 12 hours of labor and delivery. Her attorney said Nelson suffered a hip separation possibly caused by shackling.

On Thursday, Kansas City Police Chief James Corwin said the behavior of the officers on a video of Salva's arrest is "inconsistent with the values and policies of this department" and with their training. The officers are on paid leave pending an internal investigation.

In interviews or court records, the other jurisdictions have denied that their staffs violated policy or were negligent.

Amnesty International considers leg shackles on pregnant women "cruel, inhuman and degrading," but only Illinois and California have laws regulating the practice during labor and delivery. Some other corrections departments have internal policies on restraining pregnant inmates.

Real Cost of Prisons

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