196.173 Pregnant inmates housed in jail, penitentiary, local or state correctional or

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detention facility, residential center, or reentry center -- Permissible and

impermissible restraints.

(1)Except as provided in subsection

(2)of this section, an inmate housed in a jail,

penitentiary, or local or state correctional or detention facility, residential center, or

reentry center who is known to be pregnant shall be restrained solely with

handcuffs in front of her body unless further restraint is required to protect herself

or others.

(a)Except in an extraordinary circumstance, no inmate who is known to be

pregnant shall be restrained during labor, during transport to a medical facility

or freestanding birthing center for delivery, or during postpartum recovery.

(b)As used in this subsection, "extraordinary circumstance" means that

reasonable grounds exist to believe the inmate presents an immediate and

credible:

1. Serious threat of hurting herself, staff, or others; or

2. Risk of escape that cannot be reasonably minimized through any method

other than restraints.