Court allows ex-inmate's suit about childbirth
Woman can sue guard, not director, over being chained
Posted: October 3, 2009 at 6:21 a.m.
The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis breathed some new life Friday into a federal lawsuit against the Arkansas Department of Correction by a former inmate, who claimed that a guard's decision to shackle her during childbirth violated her constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9, 11 on 10/03/2009
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