| 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 shackling of pregnant women poses a great health risk to them and their fetuses.
The DOC has already voluntarily placed limits on the use of restraints on pregnant inmates in state prisons.
It should add those restrictions to local and regional facilities.