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(AP) Pregnant state prisoners in Arkansas 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 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...
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