Shackled During Labor by Maricopa County Sheriffs Office

CNN reports that aformer inmate in Maricopa County, Arizona claims in a lawsuit that sheriff’s officers shackled her while she was in labor and after her Caesarean section. The federal suit filed by Miriam Mendiola-Martinez, a Mexican citizen, comes days after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office, under the leadership of Joe Arpaio, engaged in a pattern and practice of discrimination against Latinos. Mendiola-Martinez was arrested on charges of identity theft.

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