103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3600

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Mary Edly-Allen

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/3-15003.6
55 ILCS 5/3-15003.8
55 ILCS 5/3-15003.9
55 ILCS 5/3-15003.11 new
210 ILCS 160/30
730 ILCS 5/3-6-0.5 new
730 ILCS 5/3-6-7
730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.2
730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.3
730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.5 new
730 ILCS 125/17.5
730 ILCS 125/17.7
730 ILCS 125/17.8
730 ILCS 125/17.11 new

    Amends the County Department of Corrections Law. In provisions about pregnant prisoners, modifies the definitions of "post-partum" and "correctional institution", including that "correctional institution" includes institutions in all counties (rather than only in counties more than 3,000,000 inhabitants). Modifies and removes provisions relating to security restraints on a prisoner who is pregnant or in postpartum recovery. Adds provisions relating to annual reports by sheriffs documenting the number of pregnant prisoners in custody each year and the number of people who deliver or miscarry while in custody, relating to county department of corrections providing informational materials concerning the laws pertaining to pregnant prisoners to any pregnant or postpartum prisoner, and relating to supplemental nutrition for prisoners who are pregnant or lactating. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections and the County Jail Act making similar changes. In the Unified Code of Corrections, also adds language relating to restraints of committed persons who are pregnant. Amends the Health Care Violence Prevention Act. In provisions relating to pregnant prisoners, removes a limitation on the provisions to pregnant prisoners in the custody of the Cook County. Provides that restraint of a pregnant prisoner shall comply with specified provisions of the Counties Code, the Unified Code of Corrections, and the County Jail Act (rather than only the Counties Code provisions).


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Sections 3-15003.6, 3-15003.8, and 3-15003.9 and by adding
6Section 3-15003.11 as follows:
 
7    (55 ILCS 5/3-15003.6)
8    Sec. 3-15003.6. Pregnant female prisoners.
9    (a) Definitions. For the purpose of this Section and the
10Sections preceding Section 3-15004 Sections 3-15003.7,
113-15003.8, 3-15003.9, and 3-15003.10:
12        (1) "Restraints" means any physical restraint or
13    mechanical device used to control the movement of a
14    prisoner's body or limbs, or both, including, but not
15    limited to, flex cuffs, soft restraints, hard metal
16    handcuffs, a black box, Chubb cuffs, leg irons, belly
17    chains, a security (tether) chain, or a convex shield, or
18    shackles of any kind.
19        (2) "Labor" means the period of time before a birth
20    and shall include any medical condition in which an
21    individual a woman is sent or brought to the hospital for
22    the purpose of delivering a her baby. These situations
23    include: induction of labor, prodromal labor, pre-term

 

 

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1    labor, prelabor rupture of membranes, the 3 stages of
2    active labor, uterine hemorrhage during the third
3    trimester of pregnancy, and caesarian delivery including
4    pre-operative preparation.
5        (3) "Postpartum" means the 6-week period following
6    birth unless determined to be a longer period by a
7    physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or
8    physician assistant. "Post-partum" means, as determined by
9    her physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or
10    physician assistant, the period immediately following
11    delivery, including the entire period a woman is in the
12    hospital or infirmary after birth.
13        (4) "Correctional institution" means any entity under
14    the authority of a county law enforcement division of a
15    county of more than 3,000,000 inhabitants that has the
16    power to detain or restrain, or both, a person under the
17    laws of the State.
18        (5) "Corrections official" means the official that is
19    responsible for oversight of a correctional institution,
20    or his or her designee.
21        (6) "Prisoner" means any person incarcerated or
22    detained in any facility who is accused of, convicted of,
23    sentenced for, or adjudicated delinquent for, violations
24    of criminal law or the terms and conditions of parole,
25    probation, pretrial release, or diversionary program, and
26    any person detained under the immigration laws of the

 

 

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1    United States at any correctional facility.
2        (7) "Extraordinary circumstance" means an
3    extraordinary medical or security circumstance, including
4    a substantial flight risk, that dictates restraints be
5    used to ensure the safety and security of the prisoner,
6    the staff of the correctional institution or medical
7    facility, other prisoners, or the public.
8    (b) A county department of corrections shall not apply
9security restraints to a prisoner that has been determined by
10a qualified medical professional to be pregnant or otherwise
11and is known by the county department of corrections to be
12pregnant or in postpartum recovery, which is the entire period
13a woman is in the medical facility after birth, unless the
14corrections official makes an individualized determination
15that the prisoner presents a substantial flight risk or some
16other extraordinary circumstance that dictates security
17restraints be used to ensure the safety and security of the
18prisoner, the prisoner's her child or unborn child, the staff
19of the county department of corrections or medical facility,
20other prisoners, or the public. The protections set out in
21clauses (b)(3) and (b)(4) of this Section shall apply to
22security restraints used pursuant to this subsection. The
23corrections official shall immediately remove all restraints
24upon the written or oral request of medical personnel. Oral
25requests made by medical personnel shall be verified in
26writing as promptly as reasonably possible.

 

 

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1        (1) Qualified authorized health staff shall have the
2    authority to order therapeutic restraints for a pregnant
3    or postpartum prisoner who is a danger to the prisoner,
4    the prisoner's herself, her child, unborn child, or other
5    persons due to a psychiatric or medical disorder.
6    Therapeutic restraints may only be initiated, monitored
7    and discontinued by qualified and authorized health staff
8    and used to safely limit a prisoner's mobility for
9    psychiatric or medical reasons. No order for therapeutic
10    restraints shall be written unless medical or mental
11    health personnel, after personally observing and examining
12    the prisoner, are clinically satisfied that the use of
13    therapeutic restraints is justified and permitted in
14    accordance with hospital policies and applicable State
15    law. Metal handcuffs or shackles are not considered
16    therapeutic restraints.
17        (2) Whenever therapeutic restraints are used by
18    medical personnel, Section 2-108 of the Mental Health and
19    Developmental Disabilities Code shall apply.
20        (3) Leg irons, shackles or waist shackles shall not be
21    used on any pregnant or postpartum prisoner regardless of
22    security classification. Except for therapeutic restraints
23    under clause (b)(2), no restraints of any kind may be
24    applied to prisoners during labor.
25        (4) When a pregnant or postpartum prisoner must be
26    restrained, restraints used shall be the least restrictive

 

 

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1    restraints possible to ensure the safety and security of
2    the prisoner, the prisoner's her child, unborn child, the
3    staff of the county department of corrections or medical
4    facility, other prisoners, or the public, and in no case
5    shall include leg irons, shackles or waist shackles.
6        (5) Upon the pregnant prisoner's entry into a hospital
7    room, and completion of initial room inspection, a
8    corrections official shall be posted immediately outside
9    the hospital room, unless requested to be in the room by
10    medical personnel attending to the prisoner's medical
11    needs.
12        (6) The county department of corrections shall provide
13    adequate corrections personnel to monitor the pregnant
14    prisoner during the prisoner's her transport to and from
15    the hospital and during the prisoner's her stay at the
16    hospital.
17        (7) Where the county department of corrections
18    requires prisoner safety assessments, a corrections
19    official may enter the hospital room to conduct periodic
20    prisoner safety assessments, except during a medical
21    examination or the delivery process.
22        (8) (Blank). Upon discharge from a medical facility,
23    postpartum prisoners shall be restrained only with
24    handcuffs in front of the body during transport to the
25    county department of corrections. A corrections official
26    shall immediately remove all security restraints upon

 

 

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1    written or oral request by medical personnel. Oral
2    requests made by medical personnel shall be verified in
3    writing as promptly as reasonably possible.
4    (c) Enforcement. No later than 30 days before the end of
5each fiscal year, the county sheriff or corrections official
6of the correctional institution where a pregnant or postpartum
7prisoner has been restrained during that previous fiscal year,
8shall submit a written report to the Illinois General Assembly
9and the Office of the Governor that includes an account of
10every instance of prisoner restraint pursuant to this Section.
11The written report shall state the date, time, location and
12rationale for each instance in which restraints are used. The
13written report shall not contain any individually identifying
14information of any prisoner. Such reports shall be made
15available for public inspection.
16    (d) Data reporting. No later than 30 days before the end of
17each fiscal year, each county sheriff shall submit a written
18report to the Illinois General Assembly and the Office of the
19Governor that includes the number of pregnant prisoners in
20custody each year and the number of people who deliver or
21miscarry while in custody. The written report shall not
22contain any individually identifying information of a
23prisoner. The written report shall be made available for
24public inspection.
25(Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 101-652, eff. 7-1-21.)
 

 

 

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1    (55 ILCS 5/3-15003.8)
2    Sec. 3-15003.8. Educational programming for pregnant
3prisoners.
4    (a) The Illinois Department of Public Health shall provide
5the county department of corrections with educational
6programming relating to pregnancy and parenting and the county
7department of corrections shall provide the programming to
8pregnant prisoners. The programming must include instruction
9regarding:
10        (1) appropriate prenatal care and hygiene;
11        (2) the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and
12    drugs on a developing fetus;
13        (3) parenting skills; and
14        (4) medical and mental health issues applicable to
15    children.
16    (b) Each county department of corrections shall provide
17written informational materials concerning the laws pertaining
18to pregnant prisoners to any pregnant or postpartum
19individual. The Department of Public Health shall provide
20these informational materials to the warden of the county
21department of corrections at no cost to the county and the
22county may accept informational materials from community-based
23organizations specializing in the rights of pregnant
24prisoners. The informational materials must include
25information regarding:
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1        (2) rules concerning the treatment of pregnant
2    prisoners, including those relating to bed height and
3    supplemental nutrition;
4        (3) the right to spend time with a child following
5    delivery;
6        (4) the requirement to provide educational
7    programming;
8        (5) all rights under the Reproductive Health Act;
9        (6) the procedure for obtaining an abortion, if so
10    desired;
11        (7) any new or additional laws concerning the rights
12    of pregnant prisoners; and
13        (8) address or contact information for community
14    organizations specializing in the rights of pregnant
15    prisoners for questions or concerns.
16    (c) Each county department of corrections must also post
17informational flyers wherever pregnant prisoners may be
18housed.
19(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21.)
 
20    (55 ILCS 5/3-15003.9)
21    Sec. 3-15003.9. Prisoner postpartum post-partum recovery
22requirements. A county department of corrections shall ensure
23that, for a period of 72 hours after the birth of an infant by
24a prisoner:
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1    unless a medical professional determines doing so would
2    pose a health or safety risk to the prisoner or infant; and
3        (2) the prisoner has access to any nutritional or
4    hygiene-related products necessary to care for the infant,
5    including diapers.
6(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21.)
 
7    (55 ILCS 5/3-15003.11 new)
8    Sec. 3-15003.11. Supplemental nutrition during pregnancy
9or lactation. A prisoner who is pregnant or lactating,
10including a prisoner who is nursing a baby or pumping
11breastmilk, shall be provided supplemental nutrition of at
12least 300 calories per day. This supplemental nutrition shall
13be in addition to any regularly provided food and shall be
14available outside of regular mealtimes.
 
15    Section 10. The Health Care Violence Prevention Act is
16amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
 
17    (210 ILCS 160/30)
18    Sec. 30. Medical care for committed persons.
19    (a) If a committed person receives medical care and
20treatment at a place other than an institution or facility of
21the Department of Corrections, a county, or a municipality,
22then the institution or facility shall:
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1    hospital or medical facility that is treating the
2    committed person prior to the committed person's visit and
3    notify the hospital or medical facility of any significant
4    medical, mental health, recent violent actions, or other
5    safety concerns regarding the patient;
6        (2) to the greatest extent practicable, ensure the
7    transferred committed person is accompanied by the most
8    comprehensive medical records possible;
9        (3) provide at least one guard trained in custodial
10    escort and custody of high-risk committed persons to
11    accompany any committed person. The custodial agency shall
12    attest to such training for custodial escort and custody
13    of high-risk committed persons through: (A) the training
14    of the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile
15    Justice, or Illinois State Police; (B) law enforcement
16    training that is substantially equivalent to the training
17    of the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile
18    Justice, or Illinois State Police; or (C) the training
19    described in Section 35. Under no circumstances may leg
20    irons or shackles or waist shackles be used on any
21    pregnant female prisoner who is in labor. In addition,
22    restraint of a pregnant female prisoner in the custody of
23    the Cook County shall comply with Section 3-15003.6 of the
24    Counties Code. Additionally, restraints shall not be used
25    on a committed person if medical personnel determine that
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1        (4) ensure that only medical personnel, Department of
2    Corrections, county, or municipality personnel, and
3    visitors on the committed person's approved institutional
4    visitors list may visit the committed person. Visitation
5    by a person on the committed person's approved
6    institutional visitors list shall be subject to the rules
7    and procedures of the hospital or medical facility and the
8    Department of Corrections, county, or municipality. In any
9    situation in which a committed person is being visited:
10            (A) the name of the visitor must be listed per the
11        facility's or institution's documentation;
12            (B) the visitor shall submit to the search of his
13        or her person or any personal property under his or her
14        control at any time; and
15            (C) the custodial agency may deny the committed
16        person access to a telephone or limit the number of
17        visitors the committed person may receive for purposes
18        of safety.
19    If a committed person receives medical care and treatment
20at a place other than an institution or facility of the
21Department of Corrections, county, or municipality, then the
22custodial agency shall ensure that the committed person is
23wearing security restraints in accordance with the custodial
24agency's rules and procedures if the custodial agency
25determines that restraints are necessary for the following
26reasons: (i) to prevent physical harm to the committed person

 

 

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1or another person; (ii) because the committed person has a
2history of disruptive behavior that has placed others in
3potentially harmful situations or presents a substantial risk
4of inflicting physical harm on himself or herself or others as
5evidenced by recent behavior; or (iii) there is a well-founded
6belief that the committed person presents a substantial risk
7of flight. Under no circumstances may leg irons or shackles or
8waist shackles be used on any pregnant female prisoner who is
9in labor. In addition, restraint of a pregnant female prisoner
10in the custody of the Cook County shall comply with Section
113-15003.6 of the Counties Code.
12    The hospital or medical facility may establish protocols
13for the receipt of committed persons in collaboration with the
14Department of Corrections, county, or municipality,
15specifically with regard to potentially violent persons.
16    (b) If a committed person receives medical care and
17treatment at a place other than an institution or facility of
18the Department of Juvenile Justice, then the institution or
19facility shall:
20        (1) to the greatest extent practicable, notify the
21    hospital or medical facility that is treating the
22    committed person prior to the committed person's visit,
23    and notify the hospital or medical facility of any
24    significant medical, mental health, recent violent
25    actions, or other safety concerns regarding the patient;
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1    transferred committed person is accompanied by the most
2    comprehensive medical records possible;
3        (3) provide: (A) at least one guard trained in
4    custodial escort and custody of high-risk committed
5    persons to accompany any committed person. The custodial
6    agency shall attest to such training for custodial escort
7    and custody of high-risk committed persons through: (i)
8    the training of the Department of Corrections, Department
9    of Juvenile Justice, or Illinois State Police, (ii) law
10    enforcement training that is substantially equivalent to
11    the training of the Department of Corrections, Department
12    of Juvenile Justice, or Illinois State Police, or (iii)
13    the training described in Section 35; or (B) 2 guards to
14    accompany the committed person at all times during the
15    visit to the hospital or medical facility; and
16        (4) ensure that only medical personnel, Department of
17    Juvenile Justice personnel, and visitors on the committed
18    person's approved institutional visitors list may visit
19    the committed person. Visitation by a person on the
20    committed person's approved institutional visitors list
21    shall be subject to the rules and procedures of the
22    hospital or medical facility and the Department of
23    Juvenile Justice. In any situation in which a committed
24    person is being visited:
25            (A) the name of the visitor must be listed per the
26        facility's or institution's documentation;

 

 

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1            (B) the visitor shall submit to the search of his
2        or her person or any personal property under his or her
3        control at any time; and
4            (C) the custodial agency may deny the committed
5        person access to a telephone or limit the number of
6        visitors the committed person may receive for purposes
7        of safety.
8    If a committed person receives medical care and treatment
9at a place other than an institution or facility of the
10Department of Juvenile Justice, then the Department of
11Juvenile Justice shall ensure that the committed person is
12wearing security restraints on either his or her wrists or
13ankles in accordance with the rules and procedures of the
14Department of Juvenile Justice if the Department of Juvenile
15Justice determines that restraints are necessary for the
16following reasons: (i) to prevent physical harm to the
17committed person or another person; (ii) because the committed
18person has a history of disruptive behavior that has placed
19others in potentially harmful situations or presents a
20substantial risk of inflicting physical harm on himself or
21herself or others as evidenced by recent behavior; or (iii)
22there is a well-founded belief that the committed person
23presents a substantial risk of flight. Any restraints used on
24a committed person under this paragraph shall be the least
25restrictive restraints necessary to prevent flight or physical
26harm to the committed person or another person. Restraints

 

 

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1shall not be used on the committed person as provided in this
2paragraph if medical personnel determine that the restraints
3would impede medical treatment. Under no circumstances may leg
4irons or shackles or waist shackles be used on any pregnant
5female prisoner who is in labor. In addition, restraint of a
6pregnant female prisoner in the custody of the Cook County
7shall comply with Section 3-15003.6 of the Counties Code.
8    The hospital or medical facility may establish protocols
9for the receipt of committed persons in collaboration with the
10Department of Juvenile Justice, specifically with regard to
11persons recently exhibiting violence.
12(Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
 
13    Section 15. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
14changing Sections 3-6-7, 3-6-7.2, and 3-6-7.3 and by adding
15Sections 3-6-0.5 and 3-6-7.5 as follows:
 
16    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-0.5 new)
17    Sec. 3-6-0.5. Definitions. As used in this Section and
18Sections 3-6-7, 3-6-7.2, 3-6-7.3, and 3-6-7.4:
19    "Extraordinary circumstance" means an extraordinary
20medical or security circumstance, including a substantial
21flight risk, that dictates restraints be used to ensure the
22safety and security of the committed person, the staff of the
23correctional institution or medical facility, other committed
24persons, or the public.

 

 

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1    "Labor" means the period of time before a birth and shall
2include any medical condition in which an individual is sent
3or brought to the hospital for the purpose of delivering a
4baby. These situations include: induction of labor, prodromal
5labor, pre-term labor, prelabor rupture of membranes, the 3
6stages of active labor, uterine hemorrhage during the third
7trimester of pregnancy, and caesarian delivery, including
8pre-operative preparation.
9    "Postpartum" means the 6-week period following birth
10unless determined to be a longer period by a physician,
11advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant.
12    "Restraints" means any physical restraint or mechanical
13device used to control the movement of a committed person's
14body or limbs, or both, including, but not limited to, flex
15cuffs, soft restraints, hard metal handcuffs, a black box,
16Chubb cuffs, leg irons, belly chains, a security (tether)
17chain, or a convex shield, or shackles of any kind.
 
18    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-7)
19    Sec. 3-6-7. Pregnant female committed persons.
20    (a) The Department shall not apply security restraints to
21a committed person that has been determined by a qualified
22medical professional to be pregnant or otherwise is known by
23the Department to be pregnant or in postpartum recovery,
24unless the correctional official makes an individualized
25determination that the committed person presents a substantial

 

 

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1flight risk or some other extraordinary circumstance that
2dictates security restraints be used to ensure the safety and
3security of the committed person, the committed person's child
4or unborn child, the staff of the Department or medical
5facility, other committed persons, or the public. The
6protections set out in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this Section
7shall apply to security restraints used as provided in this
8subsection. The correctional officer employed by the
9Department shall immediately remove all restraints upon the
10written or oral request of medical personnel. Oral requests
11made by medical personnel shall be verified in writing as
12promptly as reasonably possible.
13        (1) Qualified authorized health staff shall have the
14    authority to order therapeutic restraints for a pregnant
15    or postpartum committed person who is a danger to the
16    committed person, the committed person's child, unborn
17    child, or other persons due to a psychiatric or medical
18    disorder. Therapeutic restraints may only be initiated,
19    monitored, and discontinued by qualified and authorized
20    health staff and used to safely limit a committed person's
21    mobility for psychiatric or medical reasons. No order for
22    therapeutic restraints shall be written unless medical or
23    mental health personnel, after personally observing and
24    examining the committed person, are clinically satisfied
25    that the use of therapeutic restraints is justified and
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1    applicable State law. Metal handcuffs or shackles are not
2    considered therapeutic restraints.
3        (2) Whenever therapeutic restraints are used by
4    medical personnel, Section 2-108 of the Mental Health and
5    Developmental Disabilities Code shall apply.
6        (3) Leg irons, shackles or waist shackles shall not be
7    used on any pregnant or postpartum committed person
8    regardless of security classification. Except for
9    therapeutic restraints under paragraph (2) of subsection
10    (b), no restraints of any kind may be applied to committed
11    persons during labor.
12        (4) When a pregnant or postpartum committed person
13    must be restrained, restraints used shall be the least
14    restrictive restraints possible to ensure the safety and
15    security of the committed person, the committed person's
16    child, unborn child, the staff of the Department or
17    medical facility, other committed persons, or the public,
18    and in no case shall include leg irons, shackles, or waist
19    shackles.
20        (5) Upon the pregnant committed person's entry into a
21    hospital room, and completion of initial room inspection,
22    a correctional officer shall be posted immediately outside
23    the hospital room unless requested to be in the room by
24    medical personnel attending to the committed person's
25    medical needs.
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1    personnel to monitor the pregnant committed person during
2    the committed person's transport to and from the hospital
3    and during the committed person's stay at the hospital.
4        (7) Where the correctional institution or facility
5    requires committed person safety assessments, a
6    correctional official may enter the hospital room to
7    conduct periodic committed person safety assessments,
8    except during a medical examination or the delivery
9    process.
10    (b) No later than 30 days before the end of each fiscal
11year, the Department shall submit a written report to the
12Illinois General Assembly and the Office of the Governor that
13includes an account of every instance of committed person
14restraint pursuant to this Section. The written report shall
15state the date, time, location and rationale for each instance
16in which restraints are used. The written report shall not
17contain any individually identifying information of any
18committed person. Such reports shall be made available for
19public inspection.
20    (c) No later than 30 days before the end of each fiscal
21year, the Department shall submit a written report to the
22Illinois General Assembly and the Office of the Governor that
23includes the number of pregnant committed persons in custody
24each year and the number of people who deliver or miscarry
25while in custody. The written report shall not contain any
26individually identifying information of a prisoner. The

 

 

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1written report shall be made available for public inspection
2Notwithstanding any other statute, directive, or
3administrative regulation, when a pregnant female committed
4person is brought to a hospital from an Illinois correctional
5center for the purpose of delivering her baby, no handcuffs,
6shackles, or restraints of any kind may be used during her
7transport to a medical facility for the purpose of delivering
8her baby. Under no circumstances may leg irons or shackles or
9waist shackles be used on any pregnant female committed person
10who is in labor. Upon the pregnant female committed person's
11entry to the hospital delivery room, a correctional officer
12must be posted immediately outside the delivery room. The
13Department must provide for adequate personnel to monitor the
14pregnant female committed person during her transport to and
15from the hospital and during her stay at the hospital.
16(Source: P.A. 91-253, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
17    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.2)
18    Sec. 3-6-7.2. Educational programming and information for
19pregnant committed persons.
20    (a) The Department shall develop and provide to each
21pregnant committed person educational programming relating to
22pregnancy and parenting. The programming must include
23instruction regarding:
24        (1) appropriate prenatal care and hygiene;
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1    drugs on a developing fetus;
2        (3) parenting skills; and
3        (4) medical and mental health issues applicable to
4    children.
5    (b) The Department shall provide informational materials
6concerning the laws pertaining to pregnant committed persons
7to any pregnant or postpartum individual. The Department of
8Public Health and community-based organizations specializing
9in the rights of pregnant committed persons shall provide
10these information materials to the warden at no cost to the
11county. The informational materials must include information
12regarding:
13        (1) the prohibition against the use of restraints;
14        (2) rules concerning the treatment of pregnant
15    committed persons, including those relating to bed height
16    and supplemental nutrition;
17        (3) the right to spend time with a child following
18    delivery;
19        (4) the requirement to provide educational
20    programming;
21        (5) all rights under the Reproductive Health Act;
22        (6) the procedure for obtaining an abortion, if so
23    desired;
24        (7) any new or additional laws concerning the rights
25    of pregnant committed persons; and
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1    organizations specializing in the rights of pregnant
2    committed persons for questions or concerns;
3    (c) The Department must also post informational flyers
4wherever pregnant committed persons may be housed.
5(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
 
6    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.3)
7    Sec. 3-6-7.3. Committed person postpartum post-partum
8recovery requirements. The Department shall ensure that, for a
9period of 72 hours after the birth of an infant by a committed
10person:
11        (1) the infant is allowed to remain with the committed
12    person, unless a medical professional determines doing so
13    would pose a health or safety risk to the committed person
14    or infant based on information only available to the
15    Department. The mental health professional shall make any
16    such determination on an individualized basis and in
17    consultation with the birthing team of the pregnant person
18    and the Chief of the Women's Division. The birthing team
19    shall include the committed person's perinatal care
20    providers and doula, if available; and
21        (2) the committed person has access to any nutritional
22    or hygiene-related products necessary to care for the
23    infant, including diapers.
24(Source: P.A. 102-28, eff. 6-25-21; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
 

 

 

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1    (730 ILCS 5/3-6-7.5 new)
2    Sec. 3-6-7.5. Supplemental nutrition during pregnancy or
3lactation. A committed person who is pregnant or lactating,
4including a committed person who is nursing a baby or pumping
5breastmilk, shall be provided supplemental nutrition of at
6least 300 calories per day. This supplemental nutrition shall
7be in addition to any regularly provided food and shall be
8available outside of regular mealtimes.
 
9    Section 20. The County Jail Act is amended by changing
10Sections 17.5, 17.7, and 17.8 and by adding Section 17.11 as
11follows:
 
12    (730 ILCS 125/17.5)
13    Sec. 17.5. Pregnant female prisoners. Restraint of a
14pregnant or postpartum prisoner shall comply with Section
153-15003.6 of the County Department of Corrections Law
16Notwithstanding any other statute, directive, or
17administrative regulation, when a pregnant female prisoner is
18brought to a hospital from a county jail for the purpose of
19delivering her baby, no handcuffs, shackles, or restraints of
20any kind may be used during her transport to a medical facility
21for the purpose of delivering her baby. Under no circumstances
22may leg irons or shackles or waist shackles be used on any
23pregnant female prisoner who is in labor. In addition,
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1Cook County shall comply with Section 3-15003.6 of the
2Counties Code. Upon the pregnant female prisoner's entry to
3the hospital delivery room, 2 county correctional officers
4must be posted immediately outside the delivery room. The
5Sheriff must provide for adequate personnel to monitor the
6pregnant female prisoner during her transport to and from the
7hospital and during her stay at the hospital.
8(Source: P.A. 100-1051, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
9    (730 ILCS 125/17.7)
10    Sec. 17.7. Educational programming and information for
11pregnant prisoners.
12    (a) The Illinois Department of Public Health shall provide
13the sheriff with educational programming relating to pregnancy
14and parenting and the sheriff shall provide the programming to
15pregnant prisoners. The programming must include instruction
16regarding:
17        (1) appropriate prenatal care and hygiene;
18        (2) the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and
19    drugs on a developing fetus;
20        (3) parenting skills; and
21        (4) medical and mental health issues applicable to
22    children.
23    (b) Each sheriff shall provide informational materials
24concerning the laws pertaining to pregnant prisoners to any
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1Health shall provide these informational materials to the
2warden of the sheriff at no cost to the county and the county
3may accept informational materials from community-based
4organizations specializing in the rights of pregnant
5prisoners. The informational materials must include
6information regarding:
7        (1) the prohibition against the use of restraints;
8        (2) rules concerning the treatment of pregnant
9    prisoners, including those relating to bed height and
10    supplemental nutrition;
11        (3) the right to spend time with a child following
12    delivery;
13        (4) the requirement to provide educational
14    programming;
15        (5) all rights under the Reproductive Health Act;
16        (6) the procedure for obtaining an abortion, if so
17    desired;
18        (7) any new or additional laws concerning the rights
19    of pregnant prisoners; and
20        (8) address or contact information for community
21    organizations specializing in the rights of pregnant
22    prisoners
     for questions or concerns.
23    (c) Each sheriff must also post informational flyers
24wherever pregnant prisoners may be housed.
25(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21; 102-28, eff. 6-25-21.)
 

 

 

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1    (730 ILCS 125/17.8)
2    Sec. 17.8. Prisoner postpartum post-partum recovery
3requirements. The sheriff shall ensure that, for a period of
472 hours after the birth of an infant by a prisoner:
5        (1) the infant is allowed to remain with the prisoner,
6    unless a medical professional determines doing so would
7    pose a health or safety risk to the prisoner or infant; and
8        (2) the prisoner has access to any nutritional or
9    hygiene-related products necessary to care for the infant,
10    including diapers.
11(Source: P.A. 101-652, eff. 7-1-21.)
 
12    (730 ILCS 125/17.11 new)
13    Sec. 17.11. Supplemental nutrition during pregnancy or
14while lactating. A prisoner who is pregnant or lactating,
15including a prisoner who is nursing a baby or pumping
16breastmilk, shall be provided supplemental nutrition of at
17least 300 calories per day. This supplemental nutrition shall
18be in addition to any regularly provided food and shall be
19available outside of regular mealtimes.