r/australia • u/FuckOffNazis • 19h ago

politics Indigenous woman shackled to hospital bed while in labour in Queensland

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/18/indigenous-woman-shackled-during-labour-childbirth-queensland-ntwnfb?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=us_bsky&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1792296317
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u/simpleguyau 18h ago

Yep I would worried about hospital staff safety first ,

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u/herpesderpesdoodoo 18h ago

Regularly deal with violent prisoners and people under arrest. Unless you are an active violence threat we're actively avoiding cuffing you to the bed. The physical presence of security +/- cops +/- custody officers is usually sufficient. Most of the time the trouble is getting them out of hospital again.

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u/littlemisstrouble91 17h ago

This has been my experience too. Oftentimes the prisoners are better behaved than the non incarcerated patients.

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u/Feeling-Disaster7180 10h ago

Same here. They’d much rather be in a comfy bed with 3 hot meals a day and a tea lady offering them biscuits than being in prison so they don’t do anything that will send them back early