Our forthcoming book on women’s experiences in US prisons covers a lot of ground, but one issue that surfaces continuously are issues of healthcare within the prison system. A feature on NPR this morning aptly described the experiences of many women in prison. Their experiences are strikingly similar to one Voice of Witness narrator, who was 6 months pregnant at sentencing. She was sent to the hospital prior to going into labor and was then forced to have an unnecessary c-section. Like the women featured in NPR’s piece, she was also shackled during labor and birth, a common practice in many states.
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