(a) The sheriff shall provide training relating to medical and mental health care issues applicable to pregnant committed persons confined in the county jail to: (1) each correctional officer employed by the sheriff at the county jail in which female committed persons are confined; and (2) any other sheriff employee whose duties involve contact with pregnant committed persons. (b) The training must include information regarding: (1) appropriate care for pregnant committed persons; and (2) the impact on a pregnant committed person and the committed person's unborn child of: (A) the use of restraints; (B) placement in administrative segregation; and (C) invasive searches.
730 ILCS 125/17.6
Sheriff training related to pregnant committed persons
Known as the County Jail Act
The act spans §§ 730-125-0-01 to 730-125-9 (38 sections).
P.A. 103-745, eff. 1-1-25.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.