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 |
We should restrict the use of shackles on women who are pregnant and experiencing labor. They need to have the freedom to move in order to help aleviate some of the pain associated with child birth. The risk to medical personnel or the risk of flight is so minimal that this is the only humane thing to do for the women prisoners in this situation.