Report: Mothers Behind Bars

This National Women’s Law Center and the Rebecca Project for Human Rights report explores the egregious practice of shackling women during childbirth and other important issues affecting pregnant and parenting women in prison — the vast majority of whom are non-violent, first-time offenders. Twenty states and the District of Columbia received 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.