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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2/28/12  10:34 am
Commenter: Lara Lee

No restraints for laboring and post partum inmates!
 

Please consider that states which have restricted the use of restraints on pregnant inmates have NO documented instances of women in labor or delivery causing harm to themselves, correctional staff or medical staff.

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association oppose the practice of shackling inmates due to the health risks it poses to the life of the mother and her child.

State-run correctional facilities have already enacted limitations on this practice; local and regional facilities should do the same.

 

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