To enhance public health and safety by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Federal prison system for incarcerated pregnant women and mothers by establishing a pilot program of critical-stage, developmental nurseries in Federal prisons for children born to inmates, with risk and needs assessments, and risk and recidivism reduction.
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Latest Action · March 1, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act of 2021 or the SIMARRA Act
This bill directs the Bureau of Prisons to establish a pilot program for incarcerated women and their children born during incarceration to reside together in a separate prison housing unit.
It sets forth inmate eligibility criteria and program participation requirements.
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