Hi, legaladvice. I have a question about the way my sister is being treated after her arrest. She's in CO, at the Grand County jail. First off, she's very sensitive about the subject because of some postpartum depression and general disdain about being in the situation she's in, so I'm trying to help her out. The jail requires female inmates to wear a bra in all common areas outside her cell, which I completely understand. She has been granted permission to pump her milk 5 times a day as needed in the infirmary, and has only had one CO really give her an issue about it. It seems like that one CO is now present more often the last two weeks (schedule change?) and is making remarks toward my sis about writing her up for breaking dress code, and asking why she isn't wearing her jail-supplied bra to and from the infirmary, and so on. The CO has been getting more and more volatile about it, saying that she looks obscene, and making other inflammatory comments, from what I've heard.
The issue is that the jail issue bra doesn't fit my sister's figure. She was issued a 3X and simply can't get it to fit. Is it fair that she has an extremely large chest and is being singled out for it by this asshole CO? I've been denied visitation with her because she wasn't wearing a bra she can't fit into. What can I do to help her, and more importantly, is this something to talk to a lawyer about?
Tldr; sis has experienced some breast growth due to lactation + pregnancy and is experiencing discrimination from corrections officers because she is forced to go braless.
edit: I just spoke with her this afternoon and discovered she's been expressing in the showers 2-3x a day because the 5x daily rotation is inadequate. I'll be speaking with her lawyer tomorrow to get this issue raised ASAP. Thanks to a bunch of you, I'm also speaking to them about allowing a special bra to be ordered for her while she's nursing.
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