PRINTER'S NO. 2052
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1593
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY JOHNSON-HARRELL, CEPHAS, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS,
HARRIS, KIRKLAND, MADDEN, SHUSTERMAN, KOSIEROWSKI, KINSEY,
McCLINTON, HOWARD, FITZGERALD, SOLOMON, HOHENSTEIN, DAWKINS,
FRANKEL, DALEY, D. MILLER, SCHWEYER, DELLOSO, MURT, BURGOS,
BULLOCK, GALLOWAY, LEE, WHEATLEY, T. DAVIS, HANBIDGE,
CALTAGIRONE, ROEBUCK, OTTEN, FIEDLER AND ULLMAN, JUNE 7, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 7, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 61 (Prisons and Parole) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in miscellaneous provisions relating
to inmate confinement, providing for cavity search and
inspection restrictions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 5908. Cavity search and inspection restrictions.
(a) Cavity search and inspection restrictions.--To the
greatest extent possible:
(1) No correctional institution staff other than a
licensed health care professional shall conduct invasive body
cavity searches of pregnant incarcerated individuals or
detainees.
(2) A correctional institution shall limit inspections
by male correctional staff where incarcerated individuals or
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