Indigenous woman shackled to hospital bed while in labour in Queensland

Key points

• An advocacy group says an incarcerated Indigenous woman was shackled to a hospital bed in Queensland while in labour last weekend. Debbie Kilroy of Sisters Inside said the woman was shackled on and off after a caesarean birth, and hospital staff had asked for the restraints to be removed.
• A Queensland corrective services spokesperson confirmed a woman was shackled during labour and said an internal review would follow.
• Senator Lidia Thorpe has introduced bills to ban shackling and strip-searching of children, but Labor and the Coalition blocked the shackling bill this week.