Expanding access to the Mothers and Infants Nurturing Together Program and the Residential Parenting Program

(a) Notice The Director shall ensure that every correctional officer and employee, and every female incarcerated person admitted into the Bureau of Prisons, is given notice of the Washington State Department of Corrections’ Residential Parenting Program and the Mothers and Infants Nurturing Together Program, and of the eligibility requirements for each program. (b) Eligibility The Director shall revise eligibility requirements for the Residential Parenting Program and the Mothers and Infants Nurturing Together Program to ensure that all incarcerated persons who have given birth while in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons have access to both programs, except in limited circumstances where the female incarcerated person presents a risk of danger to herself or others, and without regard to citizenship status or criminal charge. (c) Review of exclusions In the case of a female incarcerated person who has been pregnant or given birth while in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, and has been excluded from participation in the Washington State Department of Corrections’ Residential Parenting Program and the Mothers and Infants Nurturing Together Program eligibility, such exclusion shall be reviewed by the Director of the Women and Special Populations Branch, or the Director’s designee who must be a licensed psychologist. (d) Reports Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this title, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives that contains the following information about the Washington State Department of Corrections’ Residential Parenting Program and the Mothers and Infants Nurturing Together Program: (1) The number of women who have been pregnant or given birth while in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons. (2) The number of women who participate in the Washington State Department of Corrections’ Residential Parenting Program and the Mothers and Infants Nurturing Together Program, including— (A) the number of participants who start each program; and (B) the number of participants who complete each program. (3) For all incarcerated persons who enter each program and do not complete each program, the reasons for failure to complete the program. (4) The number of available, unused program participation incarcerated person spaces. (5) The number of female incarcerated persons who have been pregnant or given birth while in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons who have been excluded from participation in the programs by the Bureau of Prisons or personal preference, and the reasons for such exclusion.