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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2/27/12  3:46 pm
Commenter: Frances E. Barber

restraints
 

Do you have any idea how damaging and unnecessary restraints are for women about to give birth?  Do you actually think they are going to run out on you when they are having a child?  Can you even imagine what that also does to a child about to be born to have her mother in terrible distress?  Please, this is pure torture.  Change these barbaric laws.

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