(1) No inmate housed in a jail, penitentiary, or local or state correctional or detention facility, residential center, or reentry center who is known to be pregnant or in the immediate postpartum period shall be placed in restrictive housing, in administrative segregation, or in solitary confinement for medical observation. This prohibition shall not include placing an inmate in a cell or hospital room by herself.
(2) As used in this section, "immediate postpartum period" means the six (6) week period following childbirth by the inmate. However, the six (6) week period may be extended by a physician should the inmate experience birth-related complications.