LC 1575 Legislature · 2025 Regular Session

Regulate restraints on women while giving childbirth

This bill restricts the use of restraints on pregnant inmates during labor and delivery, prohibiting leg and waist restraints entirely while allowing other restraints only in extraordinary circumstances such as when an inmate is a flight risk or poses a threat to themselves or others. The legislation requires that any restraints used be applied in the least restrictive manner necessary and mandates their removal once the flight risk or threat is mitigated or at the request of a healthcare professional. It defines restraints to include handcuffs, shackles, belly chains, and other devices that restrict movement, ensuring these rules apply to all such equipment used in detention centers.
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Nov 2024
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Introduced Nov 17, 2024 Last action Feb 12, 2025
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