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 |
Shackles on women in labor is barbarric and not warrented , It does not provide a level of safety and it's only purpose is to degrade a human person .
The Virginia Correctional system needs to to do away with this practice immediately..