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| Virginia weighs ban on some restraints for pregnant inmates |
| By washingtonpost.com - Errin Haines |
| Published: 11/26/2012 |
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Pregnant inmates in Virginia would no longer be restrained by waist chains during their pregnancies or labor, except in extreme circumstances, under new regulations approved by the commonwealth’s Board of Corrections. The rules adopted this month will be subject to a 30-day period for public input and must be signed off on by the attorney general and governor before becoming law. The regulations put into writing what many jails in the commonwealth already do, said William Wilson, a local facilities supervisor with the Virginia Department of Corrections who handles jail complaints. “I don’t think this was a big problem,” Wilson said. “The jails have been doing, by and large, exactly what this spells out. The board members felt like it seemed like a good idea.” Read More. |
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