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Posts Tagged ‘jails’

Alameda County Sheriff’s Office to stop requiring female inmates to take pregnancy tests

By Libby Leyden | November 18, 2015

The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to stop requiring female inmates who are arrested and booked into Alameda County jails to take pregnancy tests. This agreement, reached on October 28, comes as an out-of-court settlement to a lawsuit that was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California.

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