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Subcommittee advances bill to ban routine shackling of pregnant and postpartum jail inmates
Summary
The subcommittee reported House Bill 2235 after adopting a substitute adding protections for pregnant and postpartum people in local jails, including limits on restraints, placement on lowest available bed and bonding time with newborns until hospital discharge.
House Bill 2235, sponsored by Delegate Cousins, was reported out of the Public Safety Subcommittee after the panel adopted a substitute that expands protections for pregnant and postpartum people incarcerated in local jails.
The substitute makes several changes to existing practice and law: it adds “totality of the circumstances” as a factor before placing restraints on an incarcerated pregnant person; requires placement on the lowest available bed; extends post-delivery bonding to last until discharge from the facility rather than a fixed 72-hour minimum; requires adequate nutrition as ordered by a health-care provider; limits cavity searches to reasonable belief of contraband; and…
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