The Correctional Association of New York's Women in Prison Project, New York Civil Liberties Union, and Women on the Rise Telling Her Story (WORTH), hold a protest in front of Gov. David Paterson's office in New York in August 2009 to call on the governor to sign the Anti-Shackling Bill. On Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, Paterson signed into law a bill that largely bans the use of restraints on inmates during childbirth, making New York the sixth state in the country to do so, a spokesperson said. A report released Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 by the National Women's Law Center and the Rebecca Project for Human Rights says the number of women in America's state prisons has reached a record high, yet many states have inadequate policies for dealing with the large portion of them who have children or are pregnant. (AP Photo/Yanina Manolova, File)
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