Results: Pregnant inmates at New York prisons will no longer be shackled under new law
Published on 12/23/2015
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Pregnant prisoners at state and county jails will no longer be put in restraints when transported under an anti-shackling bill signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Cuomo. Do you agree with this anti-shackling bill?
Yes
44%
1134 votes
No
22%
571 votes
Undecided
34%
878 votes
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The new law was also hailed by prisoner, women's and civil rights advocates, who have called the shackling of pregnant inmates inhumane. Do you think it is inhumane to shackle pregnant inmates? Yes
52%
1344 votes
No
48%
1239 votes
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Do you know a woman has been pregnant while being incarcerated? Yes
12%
308 votes
No
88%
2275 votes
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