| 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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It is a violation of basic human dignity as well as a grave danger to the health of a pregnant mother and her unborn child to allow shackling of the mother. Please issue regulations limiting such restraints to the maximum extent posssible.