Shackling prisoners giving birth should be a last resort – but it’s happening around Australia anyway

Senator Lidia Thorpe has introduced a bill to prohibit the practice in Australian prisons that advocates say violates the human rights of both mother and child Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast “She was pregnant with…
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RegionsUnited Kingdom
Published5 h ago (Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:00:36 GMT)
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AuthorTory Shepherd