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2019 SESSION

19106334D
SENATE BILL NO. 1772
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
on February 1, 2019)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Saslaw)
A BILL to require the Board of Corrections to review its standards related to allowable restraint practices for pregnant prisoners.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Board of Corrections shall review its standards related to allowable restraint practices for pregnant prisoners to ensure that (i) pregnant prisoners are treated humanely and restrained in a manner that accounts for their specific health needs and (ii) such restraint procedures provide adequate protection for the safety of correctional staff and others who may be in close proximity to such prisoners.