WUNRN
Direct Link to Full 52-Page Report:
A State-By-State Report Card &
Analysis of Federal Policies on
Conditions of the Confinement of
Prison Confinement for Pregnant
& Parenting Women & the Effect
on Their Children
October
21, 2010
NWLC - National Women's Law Center - and the
Rebecca Project for Human Rights released the Mothers Behind Bars
report, which explores the egregious practice of shackling women during
childbirth and other important issues affecting pregnant and parenting
women—the vast majority of whom are non-violent, first-time offenders. In the
report, each state is graded on whether it has adequate policies—or any
policies at all—on prenatal care, shackling, and family-based drug treatment as
an alternative to incarceration. Twenty states and the District of Columbia
receive overall failing grades. The report also identifies steps that the
federal government could take to improve conditions of confinement for women in
federal facilities, including prisons and immigration detention.