Sec. 31903. DEFINITIONS
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## SEC. 31903 DEFINITIONS **[**[34 U.S.C. 12242](/us/usc/t34/s12242)**]** In this subtitle— “**child**” means a person who is less than 7 years of age. “**community correctional facility**” means a residential facility that— #####
(A)is used only for eligible offenders and their children under 7 years of age; #####
(B)is not within the confines of a jail or prison; #####
(C)houses no more than 50 prisoners in addition to their children; and #####
(D)provides to inmates and their children— ######
(i)a safe, stable, environment for children; ######
(ii)pediatric and adult medical care consistent with medical standards for correctional facilities; ######
(iii)programs to improve the stability of the parent-child relationship, including educating parents regarding— ######
(I)child development; and ######
(II)household management; ######
(iv)alcoholism and drug addiction treatment for prisoners; and ######
(v)programs and support services to help inmates— ######
(I)to improve and maintain mental and physical health, including access to counseling; ######
(II)to obtain adequate housing upon release from State incarceration; ######
(III)to obtain suitable education, employment, or training for employment; and ######
(IV)to obtain suitable child care. “**eligible offender**” means a primary caretaker parent who— #####
(A)has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than 7 years or is awaiting sentencing for a conviction punishable by such a term of imprisonment; and #####
(B)has not engaged in conduct that— ######
(i)knowingly resulted in death or serious bodily injury; ######
(ii)is a felony for a crime of violence against a person; or ######
(iii)constitutes child neglect or mental, physical, or sexual abuse of a child. “**primary caretaker parent**” means— #####
(A)a parent who has consistently assumed responsibility for the housing, health, and safety of a child prior to incarceration; or #####
(B)a woman who has given birth to a child after or while awaiting her sentencing hearing and who expresses a willingness to assume responsibility for the housing, health, and safety of that child, a parent who, in the best interest of a child, has arranged for the temporary care of the child in the home of a relative or other responsible adult shall not for that reason be excluded from the category “**primary caretaker**”. “**State**” means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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