PRINTER'S NO. 2138
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1632
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY T. DAVIS, KENYATTA, ULLMAN, CEPHAS, SCHLOSSBERG,
SOLOMON, McCLINTON, KINSEY, HILL-EVANS, YOUNGBLOOD,
SHUSTERMAN, CALTAGIRONE, DEASY, HOWARD, MADDEN, MARKOSEK,
A. DAVIS, GALLOWAY, SCHWEYER, FRANKEL, FITZGERALD, ISAACSON,
WEBSTER, HOHENSTEIN, ROZZI, McNEILL, HANBIDGE, OTTEN,
FIEDLER, ROEBUCK AND MURT, JUNE 14, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 14, 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; and, in
miscellaneous provisions relating to inmate confinement,
providing for restrictive housing prohibited for pregnant or
postpartum inmates and detainees.
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:
ยง 1104. State recording system for application of restraints
and restrictive housing to pregnant [prisoners] and
postpartum inmates 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 postpartum inmate or detainee[.], as well as any
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