25 days ago · Australia
Shackling prisoners giving birth should be a last resort – but it’s happening around Australia anyway
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a world & politics story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Australia. The first report grouped here was at 21 Sept 2026, 22:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Shackling prisoners giving birth should be a last resort – but it’s happening around Australia anyway”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Senator Lidia Thorpe has introduced a bill to prohibit the practice in Australian prisons that advocates say violates the human rights of both mother and child Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast “She was pregnant with twins,” Tahlia Isaac says. “She was meant to be…
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by The Guardian UK
Reported by 1 outlet
- The Guardian