A Senate bill to ban solitary confinement for pregnant prison and jail inmates, and expand access to services to inmates in the first six weeks after delivery was approved by a House committee on judicial issues Wednesday.
Senate Bill 84, which bans solitary confinement, restricted housing and segregation of pregnant inmates, was one of a number of consequential bills the House Judiciary Committee approved Wednesday.
The committee also approved a bill to require the Parole Board to notify victims of class D felony sexual offenses that the perpetrator is eligible for parole, a bill to allow juvenile victims of sex offense more time to file charges, and a bill that would give judges discretion when deciding whether a juvenile criminal case should be transferred to adult court.