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SC Senate passes bill banning shackling of pregnant inmates

| March 14, 2020 8:10 AM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate has approved a bill banning jails and prisons from using leg, waist and ankle restraints on pregnant women while they give birth.

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