Lawmakers introduced a bill to improve pregnancy care in federal prisons, but advocates warn that may not be enough.
Crystal Muñoz was four months pregnant when federal agents knocked on her door. They assured the Texas mother that she wasn’t in any trouble; they just wanted to know about a map she had drawn for some people two years earlier. Little did she know that talking with them would lead to a 20-year prison sentence — and delivering her baby with her wrist and ankle cuffed to a hospital bed.
She recalled being handcuffed and shackled — with cuffs around her wrists and ankles — when she was brought to an outside hospital for prenatal visits. Depending on the officer, she might also have a metal chain wrapped around her waist.listeria in pregnant people , but Muñoz recalled that meals were the only times that the jail provided drinking water. Otherwise, women would have to drink water from the bathroom sink, the same sink where people brushed their teeth, washed their hands and washed their panties. “And it’s right by the toilet,” Muñoz added.
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