| Action | Amend Minimum Standards for Jails and Lockups to add requirements on restraint of pregnant offenders |
| Stage | Proposed |
| Comment Period | Ended on 9/27/2013 |
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It just doesn't seem like a woman giving birth poses an especially dangerous flight risk. To shackle a prisoner while she endures the throes of labor and delivery seems unnecesary, cruel, and dangerous to mother and child.