No More Shackles: A report on the written policies of California’s counties under the new law that limits the use of restraints on pregnant prisoners (2014)

In March 2013, LSPC embarked on a project to determine whether all 58 California counties had written new policies on the shackling of pregnant prisoners to comply with the 2012 legislation. This report explains the new statute, describes our efforts to obtain documentation from the counties, outlines our findings, and makes recommendations for additional legislation, regulation, and research. Our findings address each county’s policy as it is written; we are not able to report on the counties’ practices.