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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2/29/12  9:19 am
Commenter: Elizabeth H. Troiani

Unshackle Pregnant Inmates
 

Pregnant inmates deserve respect and reasonable comfort for themselves and for the growing baby in their womb.  They are already incarcerated and humiliated.  For their physical and mental health I ask you, as a regular voter in Virginia, to unshackle pregnant inmates by law. 

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