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Sterilization

Between 2006 and 2010, women deemed likely to return to prison received tubal ligations at California’s Valley State Prison for Women, pictured here.
Commentary July 26, 2017
Our Long, Troubling History of Sterilizing the Incarcerated
State-sanctioned efforts to keep the incarcerated from reproducing began in the early 20th century and continue today.
By David M. Perry
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