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Guv signs anti-shackling bill for pregnant prisoners
Photo credit: Newsday Photo / Ana P. Gutierrez | Gov. David Paterson visits the 1st tee at the US Open in Bethpage on Friday.
Gov. David Paterson has signed into law a bill that outlaws the shackling of incarcerated women before and after they give birth while in custody.
The anti-shackling law, signed Wednesday, requires correction officials statewide to transport pregnant women and those who have just given birth without using handcuffs and leg irons unless the inmate poses a major flight risk.
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