Delaware General Assembly

House Appropriations 1/29/20

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

6/30/19

Minor-Brown

Reps. Longhurst, Briggs King, Dorsey Walker
Sen. Ennis, McBride, Poore

Reps. Baumbach, Bennett, Bolden, Bush, Chukwuocha, Cooke, Dukes, Griffith, Jaques, K. Johnson, Lynn, Matthews, Ramone, Schwartzkopf, Seigfried, D. Short, K. Williams
Sen. Bonini, Lockman, McDowell, Sturgeon, Townsend

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PRISONS AND PRISONERS.

This bill allows the Department of Correction to implement prison nurseries, which would allow women inmates that give birth during their time incarcerated the option of raising their infant up to the age of 18 months. Studies have shown that prison nurseries allow a mother and child to bond during this critical time of infancy and in turn lowers recidivism rates of these women inmates. This bill would further take the burden off of the foster care system and reduce the damage done between the mother and child relationship as a result of imprisonment.

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Takes effect upon being signed into law

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