Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Corrections
 
Board
State Board of Local and Regional Jails
 
chapter
Minimum Standards for Jails and Lockups [6 VAC 15 ‑ 40]
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
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5/6/14  12:00 pm
Commenter: Harold L. Spotts

Stop Restaints on Inmates giving birth
 

Please put into effect the policy of fully restaining inmates during child  birth the birth experiance in tramatic enough for the baby. And hopefully the mother will see her baby differently if the birth experiance is less tramatic for her..

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