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 wish to note my support for HB 836. The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association have both stated restraints pose serious health risks to the mother and infant. In states where hard restraints are no longer used on pregnant women in labor, there have been no documented cases of women in causing harm to themselves or anyone else or of any women escaping. I support these proposed new regulations.