| 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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The practice of shackling prisoners during labor and delivery is misguided, inhumane, dangerous, and unneccessary. To my knowledge, there have been no problems in states where the practice has been banned. It should stop immediately in Virginia. I support HB 836.