Sec. 3. Data collection
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Beginning not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, pursuant to the authority under section 302 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3732 ), the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics shall include in the National Prisoner Statistics Program and Annual Survey of Jails statistics relating to the health needs of incarcerated pregnant women in the criminal justice system at the Federal, State, tribal, and local levels, including— the number of women known to be pregnant while in custody, the outcomes of such pregnancies, and whether the delivery was induced or by caesarian section; demographic and other information about incarcerated women who are pregnant, in labor, or in postpartum recovery, including the race, ethnicity, and age of the pregnant woman; the provision of pregnancy care and services provided for such women, including— whether prenatal, delivery and post-delivery check-up visits were scheduled and provided; whether a social worker, psychologist, doula or other support person, or pregnancy or parenting program was offered and provided during pregnancy and delivery; whether a nursery or residential program to keep mothers and infants together post-delivery was offered and provided; the number of days the mother stayed in the hospital post-delivery; and the number of days the infant remained with the mother post-delivery; the location of the nearest hospital with a licensed obstetrician-gynecologist in proximity to where the inmate is housed and the length of travel required to transport the inmate; whether a written policy or protocol is in place to respond to unexpected childbirth deliveries of pregnant inmates and for inmates experiencing labor or other medical complications related to such pregnancy when they are not located at a hospital; and the number of incidents in which an incarcerated woman who is pregnant, in labor, or in postpartum recovery was restrained or placed in restrictive housing, the reason for such restriction or placement, the type of restraints used, and the circumstances under which each incident occurred, including the duration of time in restrictive housing, during— pregnancy; labor; delivery; and postpartum recovery.
Data collected under this paragraph shall not contain any personally identifiable information of any prisoner.
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