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 Final
Comment Period Ended on 5/7/2014
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5/6/14  12:38 pm
Commenter: Mary Balch

Protect pregnant mothers and their unborn children
 

I support limiting the use of restraints on pregnant inmates.

The American Medical Association, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American Public Health Association all support limiting the use of restraints for pregnant inmates because it can be dangerous to both mother and child. I commend the Board for proposing regulations limiting the use of restraints and urge it to make these regulations final.

Thank you.

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