Comments on: Despite ban, shackling of incarcerated women continues in Pennsylvania http://radicaldoula.com/2010/01/25/despite-ban-shackling-of-incarcerated-women-continues-in-pennsylvania/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:46:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Thirteenth Carnival of Feminists « Radical Doula http://radicaldoula.com/2010/01/25/despite-ban-shackling-of-incarcerated-women-continues-in-pennsylvania/#comment-7202 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:02:19 +0000 http://radicaldoula.com/?p=898#comment-7202 [...] Carnival of Feminists Chally of Zero at the Bone included a post from Radical Doula (about the shackling of incarcerated pregnant women in PA) in the latest Carnival of [...]

]]> By: Melissa http://radicaldoula.com/2010/01/25/despite-ban-shackling-of-incarcerated-women-continues-in-pennsylvania/#comment-7169 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:52:12 +0000 http://radicaldoula.com/?p=898#comment-7169 Do yourself a favor; don’t read the comments on the newspaper website unless you want to grind your teeth down to the gums.

]]> By: Lauren http://radicaldoula.com/2010/01/25/despite-ban-shackling-of-incarcerated-women-continues-in-pennsylvania/#comment-7164 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:30:28 +0000 http://radicaldoula.com/?p=898#comment-7164 This is insanity. What do they think a laboring woman is going to do? Run off mid-transition?? I understand the need to prevent escapes, but a prison guard positioned outside a delivery room should be more than effective. Imagine these children, literally born to a woman in chains…

]]> By: radicaldoula http://radicaldoula.com/2010/01/25/despite-ban-shackling-of-incarcerated-women-continues-in-pennsylvania/#comment-7163 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:09:17 +0000 http://radicaldoula.com/?p=898#comment-7163 Well the MOMobile is a really well established (and funded!) group, but I know volunteer doulas who’ve gotten into prisons in other places. There is a group in MA and a group in WA. I think the key is to find a friendly official who is willing to let the doulas do a group for pregnant moms–an education/support type thing usually.

The challenge is having to play nice with the officials, while still doing the work with the women.

Maybe I’ll get one of the doulas involved in a program to do a guestpost about how to start a program. It’s really amazing work.

]]> By: Jill--Unnecesarean http://radicaldoula.com/2010/01/25/despite-ban-shackling-of-incarcerated-women-continues-in-pennsylvania/#comment-7162 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:04:32 +0000 http://radicaldoula.com/?p=898#comment-7162 I wonder what it would take to get a program similar to MOMobile going. Any ideas where to start?

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