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This law was first created in 2025. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 698<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":54198,"section_number":"9.1-102","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Board and the Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-102\/"}],"permalink":{"id":238843,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71668,"identifier":"53.1-133.09","token":"53.1\/3\/7.1\/53.1-133.09","url":"\/53.1-133.09\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-133.09\/","token":"53.1\/3\/7.1\/53.1-133.09","dublin_core":{"Title":"Training of deputy sheriffs and jail officers regarding pregnant prisoners","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-133.09","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For deputy sheriffs<\/span> and jail officers<\/span> employed in local or regional correctional facilities who may have contact with pregnant prisoners, the compulsory minimum entry-level training standards established pursuant to \u00a7 9.1-102<\/a> shall include training on the general care of pregnant women, the impact of restraints<\/span> on pregnant prisoners and fetuses, the impact of being placed in restrictive housing or solitary confinement on pregnant prisoners, and the impact of body cavity searches on pregnant prisoners. All staff shall annually review policies related to restraining pregnant prisoners.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTRAINING OF DEPUTY SHERIFFS AND JAIL OFFICERS REGARDING PREGNANT PRISONERS (\u00a7\n53.1-133.09)\n\nFor deputy sheriffs and jail officers employed in local or regional correctional\nfacilities who may have contact with pregnant prisoners, the compulsory minimum\nentry-level training standards established pursuant to \u00a7 9.1-102 shall include\ntraining on the general care of pregnant women, the impact of restraints on\npregnant prisoners and fetuses, the impact of being placed in restrictive\nhousing or solitary confinement on pregnant prisoners, and the impact of body\ncavity searches on pregnant prisoners. All staff shall annually review policies\nrelated to restraining pregnant prisoners.\n\nHISTORY: 2025, c. 698.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}