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  12:00 pm
Commenter: Bremda Whitlock Latham, Catholic Woman's Club of Richmond, Virginia

Shackling of Pregnant Inmates
 

Please stop this pratice.  Women are, of course, in a delicate condition at this time and should not be placed in any perilious situation, especially for the baby's sake.  The fetus has not committed a crime.

 

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