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Department of Corrections

State Board of Local and Regional Jails

Minimum Standards for Jails and Lockups [6 VAC 15 ‑ 40]

Action	Amend Minimum Standards for Jails and Lockups to add requirements on restraint of pregnant offenders
Stage	NOIRA
Comment Period	Ended on 2/29/2012

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2/7/12 10:42 pm

Commenter: Kirsten Gray, Alliance for Progress Values (APV)

I Support HB 836, End Shackling of Pregnant Prisoners.

I support HB 836 which would end the pointless and barbaric practice of shackling and restraining pregnant prisoners in labor, delivery, and recovery.

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