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01 May 1998

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£20,000 for woman chained in labour: Annette Walker, the Holloway prisoner who was manacled to her bed for ten hours while in labour (see Statewatch Vol 6, no 1 & Vol 7 no 3), will receive ?20,000 damages for the distress caused to her by the prison service. Ms Walker not only received the out of court settlement but forced a significant change in prison rules over the barbaric practice of shackling pregnant women.

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