Sec. 2. Improving the treatment of primary caretaker parents and other individuals in Federal prisons
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Section 4051 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: The Director shall promulgate regulations for visitation between prisoners who are primary caretaker parents and their family members under which— a prisoner may receive visits not fewer than 6 days per week, which shall include Saturday and Sunday; a covered institution shall be open for visitation for not fewer than 8 hours per day; a prisoner may have up to 5 adult visitors and an unlimited number of child visitors per visit; and a prisoner may have physical contact with visitors unless the prisoner presents an immediate physical danger to the visitors.
The Attorney General shall designate an ombudsman to oversee and monitor, with respect to covered institutions— prisoner transportation; use of segregated housing; strip searches of prisoners; and civil rights violations. The Director— may not charge a fee for a telephone call made by a prisoner; and shall make videoconferencing available to prisoners in each covered institution free of charge. Nothing in paragraph (1)(B) shall be construed to authorize the Director to use videoconferencing as a substitute for in-person visits.
The Director shall make rules under which— a correctional officer may not conduct a strip search of a prisoner of the opposite sex unless— the prisoner presents a risk of immediate harm to the prisoner or others, and no other correctional officer of the same sex as the prisoner, or medical staff, is available to assist; or the prisoner has previously requested that an officer of a different sex conduct searches; a correctional officer may not enter a restroom reserved for prisoners of the opposite sex unless— a prisoner in the restroom presents a risk of immediate harm to the prisoner or others; or there is a medical emergency in the restroom and no other correctional officer of the appropriate sex is available to assist; a transgender prisoner’s sex shall be determined according to the sex with which the prisoner identifies; and a correctional officer may not search or physically examine a prisoner for the sole purpose of determining the prisoner’s genital status or sex.
Nothing in paragraph
(1)shall be construed to affect the requirements under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 ( 34 U.S.C. 30301 et seq. ). .
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