by Rachel Roth, RH Reality Check

November 13, 2011 - 10:15 pm

As the Massachusetts Legislature considers this year’s crop of criminal justice reform bills, one that has not gotten much attention is a measure to ensure proper treatment of pregnant women in jail and prison.

by Lisa Russ, Movement Strategy Center

October 7, 2011 - 11:41 am

The bill to prevent the shackling of pregnant women in CA’s prisons, is the California State Sheriff’s Association’s top priority for a veto. It means more for them to veto this bill than any other bill on the Governor’s desk right now. Those who follow politics in Sacramento know this does not bode well.

by Margo Kaplan, Rutgers School of Law--Camden

June 10, 2009 - 7:00 am

While some states do criminalize HIV exposure, a U.S. District Judge does more than this – he imprisons a woman for the mere possibility that she might transmit HIV in the future.