(55 ILCS 5/3-15003.10) Sec. 3-15003.10. Housing requirements applicable to pregnant prisoners. (a) A county department of corrections may not place in administrative segregation a prisoner who is pregnant or who gave birth during the preceding 30 days unless the director of the county department of corrections or the director's designee determines that the placement is necessary based on a reasonable belief that the prisoner will harm herself, the prisoner's infant, or any other person or will attempt escape. (b) A county department of corrections may not assign a pregnant prisoner to any bed that is elevated more than 3 feet above the floor.
(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21.) |