![]() ![]() Romance novels can and have had an impact on the real world, and Ms. A journalist by profession, she’s the author of the I-Team romantic suspense series. Last year, she wrote a law that passed in Colorado last year banning use of shackles on female inmates giving birth while imprisoned. ![]() But please be aware, before you click for more, that there are some brutal stories in Clare’s account about women in labor in prisons in the US. Be warned.Ĭlare: The law I wrote bans the use of shackles on inmates during labor and delivery. (Yes, women giving birth are chained to their beds WHILE being kept under guard.) I’ve covered women’s prison/jail issues extensively for more than 15 years and broke a number of sickening - truly sickening - stories regarding the abuse of inmates. Some of the highlights were folded into UNLAWFUL CONTACT, one of my I-Team books. There are four real investigative stories folded into that plotline. ![]()
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