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 |
Please do away with the practice of shackling pregnant inmates during labor and delivery. This is an absolutely barbaric practice, and can be harmful to the health of both mother and child. A woman in labor is not a threat to anyone.