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6/30/2009 2:15:19 PM EST
LexisNexis Tort Center Staff
Former Wash. inmate sues state for labor shackling
OLYMPIA, Wash. – (AP) A former Washington state prison inmate who says she was shackled during childbirth sued the state Thursday, saying her constitutional rights were violated.
 
Seattle-based women's rights organization Legal Voice filed the federal lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections on behalf of Casandra Brawley, who was four months pregnant when….
 
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