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
spacer
Previous Comment     Next Comment     Back to List of Comments
1/31/12  9:21 pm
Commenter: Erma Cox

Pregnant Inmate Restraints During Labor
 

Unless you have been in labor yourself you cannot understand the travesty of this practice.  Pain during labor is debilitating and seems unsurvivable.  I urge you to rethink this practice and choose to be more humane when an inmate goes into active labor.  Restraints only jeopardize the wellbeing of both parties while undergoing the birth process.


CommentID: 21740