http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/16/national/main612322.shtml
(AP) Pregnant state prisoners will no longer be shackled while they are in labor under a new state Department of Correction policy.
Women considered risky will be held with soft restraints and all other prisoners will be under a guard’s supervision. The department reached the compromise after meeting with legislators and inmate advocates this week.
The changes follow a complaint by an inmate who gave birth and said she was shackled during much of her labor and chained again shortly after she had her baby.