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 |
I think it is time that we treated inmates humanely and cared enough for them to protect their unborn babies and their physical health. To unnecessarilly restrict and restrain inmates, expecially pregnant ones or ones who are post partum, could lead to injuries to the mother and her baby or even death. No matter what her crime, the welfare of the mother and the baby should be formost in the treatment of the inmate. I hope you will disallow the use of restraints for pregnant inmates or those who have recently given birth.