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 |
Please support regulations that allow for compassionate care of pregnant women and their children while housed in the Commonwealth's correctional facilities. Restraining pregnant women is a dangerous practice that can result in injury to the mother and trauma to her child. Limit the use of this inhumane practice utilizing restraints.