New York City has agreed to pay $610,000 a woman whom officers kept in shackles while was in labor. The woman who is referred to in the lawsuit as Jane Doe went into labor in a Bronx jail hours after her arrest on February 7, 2018.

The woman was arrested in Bronx County Family Court for violating an order of protection that was part of a child custody dispute with her former partner according to Katherine Rosenfeld. However, at 40 weeks pregnant Rosenfeld said there was no urgent need to arrest her client.

In 2009 New York State banned shackling pregnant women in police custody or prison. The policy was updated in 2015 to include the of any restraints on pregnant women CNN reported. Doctors appealed to officers to remove the restraints saying they could put the woman and child in danger the lawsuit stated.

When doctors appealed to a police supervisor they were told that shackling was NYPD policy.