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 |
I urge you to eliminate the standard practice of shackling female prisoners during the time they are in labor and delivery of their children. In this state, they are not a threat to correctional officers or the public. The current practice is cruel and dangerous according to medical practitioners.