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 being 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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