RSA 623-C:2-a Use of Restraints on Pregnant Women in State Correctional Custody.

I. The use of restraints on pregnant women under state correctional custody shall be limited to absolute necessity only. The use of restraints shall be considered absolutely necessary only when there is evidence of imminent risk of escape or harm to the pregnant woman, her fetus or newborn, or others, and these risks cannot be managed by other reasonable means, including but not limited to, enhanced security measures in the area, or increased staffing.
II. Pregnant residents classified to a halfway house or transitional housing unit shall not be restrained. All other pregnant residents may be restrained only if absolutely necessary, and if deemed absolutely necessary, may be restrained as follows:
(a) In the first, second, and third trimester, front handcuffs only. If wr