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Lawsuits Challenge Treatment of Pregnant Prisoners at Milwaukee County Jail
Loaded on Jan. 31, 2018
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2018, page 26
Filed under:
Sexual Assault,
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
OB/GYN,
Failure to Treat,
Malpractice,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints.
Location:
Wisconsin.
by Matt Clarke
Five women who served time at Wisconsin’s Milwaukee County jail have filed lawsuits against the county and former Sheriff David Clarke, Jr., alleging mistreatment while they were pregnant – including shackling, the death of one child and the stillbirth of another.
Shadé Swayzer was eight months pregnant ...
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