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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2/28/12  3:10 pm
Commenter: Mrs. Pilar Jones

Shackling of Pregnant Inmates
 

Please consider treating pregnant women with more dignity than they are currently being afforded.  The likelihood of a inmate in labor and delivery becoming violent is next to nil and history has shown this to be the case.  Please allow this special event to take place with the utmost dignity humanly possible for both the mother and child.  Civility in dealing with each other is what separates us from so many other societies and cultures. We cannot go down that road any further than we have already,


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