Incarceration; supervised pre-incarceration probation for certain pregnant women provided for, self-surrender 12 weeks after birth required, criminal penalties for failure to surrender provided

Summary

The bill lets a court place a pregnant or postpartum woman on supervised probation instead of immediate jail time, with the probation lasting through her pregnancy and up to a year after her child is born. She must report any pregnancy loss and must turn herself in to prison 12 months after birth; missing that deadline is a Class D felony. The measure also bans restraints on incarcerated women during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and the first 12 weeks postpartum.

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