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- 1Indigenous woman shackled while in labour in Queensland hospital●"An incarcerated Indigenous woman was shackled to a hospital bed in Queensland while she was in labour last weekend, an
An incarcerated Indigenous woman in Queensland was shackled to a hospital bed while in labour last weekend, according to an advocacy group. The birth reportedly came days before Labor and the Coalition blocked a bill seeking to ban the 'barbaric practice' of shackling prisoners in hospital, drawing criticism of the state and federal response.