This article was published in partnership with Bloomberg Law. Lawmakers around the country, moved by harrowing stories of pregnancies in jail, are calling for new measures that make sure women and ...
This article was published in partnership with Bloomberg Law. When Chasity Congious went into labor for the first time, there were no doctors or nurses. No clean blankets to swaddle the coming baby.
Advocates are calling for action after dozens of pregnant women or their families alleged in a new report that jails in the United States have subjected them to severe mistreatment or medical neglect, ...