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 was encouraged to hear that there is a move to end shackling pregnant female prisoners, especially during childbirth. I believe we shackle prisoners only when there is a clear need to do so. It must be obvious that it is neither necessary nor beneficial to anyone to shackle female prisoners during childbirth.
Yours truly,
William H. Dent, Jr.