Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Corrections
 
Board
State Board of Local and Regional Jails
 
chapter
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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2/14/12  8:08 am
Commenter: Social Justice Committee, First Unitarian Church of Lynchburg

Pregnant women shackled any time, any where is wrong.
 

Many of the reported cases of women being shackled while pregnant have occurred in local and regional correctional facilities not covered under the Department of Corrections’ jurisdiction.  However, the Board of Corrections has the authority to create rules for these facilities. 

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CommentID: 22486