Treatment and Control of Prisoners Known to Be Pregnant

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This is Article 2.2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Treatment and Control of Prisoners Known to Be Pregnant.” It is part of Chapter 2 “State Correctional Facilities”, which is part of Title 53.1 “Prisons and Other Methods of Correction”. It contains 6 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 6 sections.

§ 53.1-40.11	Definitions
§ 53.1-40.12	Treatment of prisoners known to be pregnant
§ 53.1-40.13	Treatment of prisoners during postpartum recovery
§ 53.1-40.14	Reporting requirement
§ 53.1-40.15	Training of correctional facility employees regarding pregnant inmates
§ 53.1-40.16	Education for pregnant prisoners