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  6:03 pm
Commenter: Caroline McCormack

Shackling women who are in labor and going through childbirth
 

I would guess that the people who demand that a woman who is in labor and delivering a baby be shackled have never been in labor or delivered a baby. This practice is not even demanded when an animal labors and delivers. This practice is brutal and demeans the woman. For God's sake show some respect and compassion for women in this condition. This practice is outrageous.

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