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91_HB0392
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1 AN ACT in relation to pregnant female prisoners.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding
5 Section 3-15003.6 as follows:
6 (55 ILCS 5/3-15003.6 new)
7 Sec. 3-15003.6. Pregnant female prisoners.
8 Notwithstanding any other statute, directive, or
9 administrative regulation, when a pregnant female prisoner is
10 brought to a hospital from a County Department of Corrections
11 facility for the purpose of delivering her baby, no
12 handcuffs, shackles, or restraints of any kind may be used
13 during her transport to a medical facility for the purpose of
14 delivering her baby. Under no circumstances may leg irons or
15 shackles or waist shackles be used on any pregnant female
16 prisoner who is in labor. Upon the pregnant female
17 prisoner's entry to the hospital delivery room, a county
18 correctional officer must be posted immediately outside the
19 delivery room. The Sheriff must provide for adequate
20 personnel to monitor the pregnant female prisoner during her
21 transport to and from the hospital and during her stay at the
22 hospital.
23 Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended
24 by adding Section 3-6-7 as follows:
25 (730 ILCS 5/3-6-7 new)
26 Sec. 3-6-7. Pregnant female committed persons.
27 Notwithstanding any other statute, directive, or
28 administrative regulation, when a pregnant female committed
29 person is brought to a hospital from an Illinois correctional
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1 center for the purpose of delivering her baby, no handcuffs,
2 shackles, or restraints of any kind may be used during her
3 transport to a medical facility for the purpose of delivering
4 her baby. Under no circumstances may leg irons or shackles
5 or waist shackles be used on any pregnant female committed
6 person who is in labor. Upon the pregnant female committed
7 person's entry to the hospital delivery room, a correctional
8 officer must be posted immediately outside the delivery room.
9 The Department must provide for adequate personnel to monitor
10 the pregnant female committed person during her transport to
11 and from the hospital and during her stay at the hospital.
12 Section 15. The County Jail Act is amended by adding
13 Section 17.5 as follows:
14 (730 ILCS 125/17.5 new)
15 Sec. 17.5. Pregnant female prisoners. Notwithstanding
16 any other statute, directive, or administrative regulation,
17 when a pregnant female prisoner is brought to a hospital from
18 a county jail for the purpose of delivering her baby, no
19 handcuffs, shackles, or restraints of any kind may be used
20 during her transport to a medical facility for the purpose of
21 delivering her baby. Under no circumstances may leg irons or
22 shackles or waist shackles be used on any pregnant female
23 prisoner who is in labor. Upon the pregnant female
24 prisoner's entry to the hospital delivery room, a county
25 correctional officer must be posted immediately outside the
26 delivery room. The Sheriff must provide for adequate
27 personnel to monitor the pregnant female prisoner during her
28 transport to and from the hospital and during her stay at the
29 hospital.