SIMARRA Act

2016-04-29

Introduced in House

Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act of 2016 or the SIMARRA Act

This bill directs the Bureau of Prisons to establish a pilot program to allow incarcerated women who give birth and children born during such incarceration to reside together in a separate prison housing unit.

It sets forth inmate eligibility criteria and program participation requirements.

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