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Committee hears bill to ban shackling of pregnant inmates during labor and delivery
Summary
HB 475 would prohibit restraints on inmates known to be pregnant during labor and delivery except in narrowly defined cases (flight risk or imminent harm) and requires removal when risk has been mitigated. Medical and civil‑rights witnesses urged passage citing health and human‑rights harms; supporters noted federal precedent in the First Step Act.
Representative James Reavis introduced House Bill 475 to restrict the practice of shackling pregnant inmates during labor and delivery, drawing on language from an Idaho statute and models used elsewhere (Representative James Reavis). The sponsor described personal and professional experiences, including a public defender account in which an incarcerated woman gave birth while handcuffed to a hospital bed.
Medical witnesses and…
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