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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2/14/12  10:41 pm
Commenter: Duncan Macomber

Cruel and Unusual Punishment
 

I read several accounts of women in the penal system being shackeld during labor.  It is truly shocking and sick that this has been happening and apparently continues to happen.  I can not actually believe it.

To say I urge you to adopt regulations that put a stop to this does not even come close to expressing my shock that there were even enough people around who thought this was OK to actually let it happen even once.

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