Virginia Code 53.1-40.15: Training of correctional facility employees regarding pregnant inmates.
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For correctional officers, and juvenile correctional officers who may have contact with pregnant inmates, the compulsory minimum entry-level training standards established pursuant to § 9.1-102 shall include training on the general care of pregnant women, the impact of restraints on pregnant inmates and fetuses, the impact of being placed in restrictive housing or solitary confinement on pregnant inmates, and the impact of body cavity searches on pregnant inmates.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 53.1-40.15
- Restraints: means any mechanical device, medication, physical intervention, or hands-on hold to prevent an individual from moving her body. See Virginia Code 53.1-40.11
- Restrictive housing: means the same as that term is defined in § Virginia Code 53.1-40.11
- Solitary confinement: means isolation of a prisoner from the general population through confinement to a cell or other place for 22 or more hours within a 24-hour period. See Virginia Code 53.1-40.11
2020, c. 526.