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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2/13/12  4:29 pm
Commenter: Mary Kay Goette

Restraint of Pregnant Prisonsers
 

The practice of restraining pregnant prisoners is barbaric!  The use of restraints during delivery is nothing short of sadism.  I'd have been horrified to hear it was sanctioned by any government in the world.  To learn it exists here in America, in my home state is the source of great shame and outrage.  This practice has been condemned by every respectable medical and human right's organization and should not be allowed to continue here in Virginia.


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