half of prisons in the United States have official policies about medical care for pregnant inmates. About 48% of prisons have prenatal services. Of these 48%, only 15% of prisons have programs implemented to help mothers find suitable work after they give birth. Additionally, only 15% of prisons have policies that require light work or no work for pregnant women. Throughout the United States, pregnant inmates are treated poorly by prison staff because there is a permeating prejudice that pregnant inmates are not "worthy enough to have children". There are psychological stressors experienced by pregnant inmates during pregnancy and during the birthing process. For example, thirty-five states allow women to be chained to the bed while in labor and giving birth. In states where shackling is illegal, there are a significant amount of lawsuits claiming that shackling was used during childbirth. Researchers have argued that allowing women to remain shackled to a bed during birth is inhumane and undignified. Female incarceration rates by country and US state Female incarceration rates by country and US state. Per 100,000 female population of all ages. Female incarceration rates if every US state were a country. Incarcerated females of all ages (where the data is available). From a 2018 report with latest available data. From the source report: "Figure 1. This graph shows the number of women in state prisons, local jails, and federal prisons from each U.S. state per 100,000 people in that state and the incarceration rate per 100,000 in all countries with at least a half-million in total population." See also The Bangkok Rules List of countries by incarceration rate. See section with a table for per cent of female prisoners by country. Convict women in Australia Gender responsive approach for girls in the juvenile justice system Gender-responsive prisons Gender-specific prison programming in the United States Menopause in incarceration Sex and crime Solitary confinement of women Women in prison film Decarceration in the United States References Further reading English: "Women, Gender, and Prison: National and Global Perspectives (Autumn 2013; vol. 39, no.1)." Signs. Volume 39, No. 1, Autumn 2013. - Index of related articles Raphael, Jody. Freeing Tammy: Women, Drugs, and Incarceration. UPNE, 2007. , . Antonova, N. (2013, Nov 4th). Reforming Russian Women's Prisons. Individual articles in English: Fili, Andriani. "Women in Prison: Victims or Resisters? Representations of Agency in Women’s Prisons in Greece." Signs. Vol. 39, No. 1, Women,