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 |
Compassion is foremost in every locality's place of incarceration to assist in a healthy delivery for mother and child. The use of restraints in childbirth must never be routine in any location without legitimate medical necessity, which is unimaginable.