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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71668</law_id><section_number>53.1-133.09</section_number><catch_line>Training of deputy sheriffs and jail officers regarding pregnant prisoners</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="53.1">Prisons and Other Methods of Correction</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Local Correctional Facilities</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7.1">Treatment of Prisoners Known to Be Pregnant</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For <span class="dictionary">deputy sheriffs</span> and <span class="dictionary">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 &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Powers and duties of the Board and the Department" href="/9.1-102/">9.1-102</a> shall include training on the general care of pregnant women, the impact of <span class="dictionary">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></text><history>2025, c. 698.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
