PRINTER'S NO. 2595
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1876
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, HARRIS, McCLINTON, CEPHAS, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, RAVENSTAHL, KINSEY, MADDEN, RABB, HILL-EVANS,
MALAGARI, CALTAGIRONE, SCHLOSSBERG, T. DAVIS, SCHWEYER,
ULLMAN, KIM, A. DAVIS, INNAMORATO, ISAACSON, HOWARD,
HANBIDGE, FITZGERALD, WILLIAMS, DRISCOLL, JOHNSON-HARRELL,
WARREN AND GALLOWAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in general administration, further
providing for State recording system for application of
restraints to pregnant prisoners or detainees; in county
correctional institutions, further providing for county
recording system for application of restraints to pregnant
prisoners or detainees; and, in miscellaneous provisions,
further providing for healthy birth for incarcerated women.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1104 of Title 61 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 1104. State recording system for application of restraints to
pregnant, laboring or postpartum prisoners or
detainees.
(a) General rule.--[A correctional institution as defined by
section 5905(e) (relating to healthy birth for incarcerated
women) shall report each restraint applied to a pregnant
prisoner or detainee. The report must be in writing and must
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