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On the Way to Solitary, Women in Massachusetts Jail Get Strip Searched and Videotaped

Loaded on May 23, 2014 by Victoria Law

Filed under: Strip Searches, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement. Location: Massachusetts.

This article was originally published by Solitary Watch (www.solitarywatch.com) on May 15, 2014; it is reprinted with permission.

http://solitarywatch.com/2014/05/15/way-solitary-women-massachusetts-jail-get-strip-searched-videotaped/#more-12856

On the Way to Solitary, Women in Massachusetts Jail Get Strip Searched and Videotaped

by Victoria Law

“When women are moved to the Segregation Unit for mental health or disciplinary ...

New Law Gives Parents Behind Bars in Washington State a Way to Hold onto Their Children

Loaded on June 15, 2013 by Victoria Law published in Prison Legal News June, 2013, page 26

Filed under: Federal Statutory Law, Adoption and Safe Families Act, State Legislation, Fathers in Prison, Mothers in Prison, Parental rights. Location: Washington.

by Victoria Law, Truthout

On May 8, 2013, Washington State governor Jay Inslee signed SHB1284, or the Children of Incarcerated Parents bill, into law. The law guides the courts' discretion to delay the termination of parental rights if the parent's incarceration or prior incarceration is a significant factor for the ...

Birthing Behind Bars: A Campaign for Reproductive Justice in Prisons

Loaded on Sept. 15, 2012 by Victoria Law published in Prison Legal News September, 2012, page 14

Filed under: Excessive Force, Restraints, Prisoner Media, State Legislation, Mothers in Prison. Locations: New York, United States of America.

by Victoria Law and Tina Reynolds

“I never thought of advocating outside of prison. I just wanted to have some semblance of a normal life once I was released,” stated Tina Reynolds, a mother and formerly incarcerated woman. But then she gave birth to her son while in prison for ...