| 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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Virginia Board of Corrections: Please do not shackle prisoners during pregnancy and childbirth and recovery unless ABSOLUTELY needed. That is otherwise barbaric and primitive action. State run facillities have already limited use of this practice.