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Sec. 608 · H.R. 8976

Female incarcerated person nutritional standards

Title VI — GENDER-RESPONSIVE PRISON REFORM

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(a) Nutritional standards for female incarcerated persons The Director shall revise the Bureau of Prisons standards for nutrition to ensure they are gender-specific, and that women receive a healthy diet consistent with national dietary guidelines for women. (b) Nutraloaf prohibited The Director shall ensure that food quantity, type, or the prohibition of food, shall never be used as a means of discipline, and the Bureau of Prisons shall never provide as meals to incarcerated persons Nutraloaf, ground up leftovers, or any similar meal. (c) Pregnant and lactating incarcerated persons For pregnant and lactating incarcerated persons nutrition standards shall reflect the following: (1) Access to at least 64–96 ounces of fluid per day. (2) Access to appropriate dietary supplements. (3) Caloric supplementation as medically appropriate not from processed meats associated with listeriosis.

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