After Prison Miscarriage, Pamela Winn Became The Face of Anti-Shackling Campaign in Georgia

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May 9th, 2019

Pamela Winn says she never meant to become the face of Georgia’s anti-shackling campaign. But when a federal effort to enact legislation stalled in Washington, she turned her energy to her home state.

Courtesy of Pamela Winn

Updated at 2:05 p.m. on May 13

Georgia is one of six states that allows female inmates to be shackled during labor and after giving birth, a practice that presents multiple opportunities for complications and can endanger both the mother and child.

But in part because of Pamela Winn’s efforts, there soon will be just five states allowing for shackling of inmates in labor and immediately following giving birth.

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