[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1851 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1851

To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to 
require States to eliminate the use of restraints on pregnant juveniles 
        in State correction facilities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 2015

Mr. Schumer (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to 
require States to eliminate the use of restraints on pregnant juveniles 
        in State correction facilities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Human Rights for Girls Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF RESTRAINTS.

    Section 223(a) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7)(B)--
                    (A) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in clause (iv), by adding ``and'' and the end; 
                and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (iv) the following:
                            ``(v) not later than 1 year after the date 
                        of enactment of the Human Rights for Girls Act, 
                        a plan, which shall be implemented not later 
                        than 2 years after the date of enactment of the 
                        Human Rights for Girls Act, to--
                                    ``(I) eliminate the use of 
                                restraints of known pregnant juveniles 
                                housed in secure juvenile detention and 
                                correction facilities, during labor, 
                                delivery, and post-partum recovery, 
                                unless credible, reasonable grounds 
                                exist to believe the detainee presents 
                                an immediate and serious threat of 
                                hurting herself, staff, or others; and
                                    ``(II) eliminate the use of 
                                abdominal restraints, leg and ankle 
                                restraints, wrist restraints behind the 
                                back, and four-point restraints on 
                                known pregnant juveniles, unless--
                                            ``(aa) credible, reasonable 
                                        grounds exist to believe the 
                                        detainee presents an immediate 
                                        and serious threat of hurting 
                                        herself, staff, or others; or
                                            ``(bb) reasonable grounds 
                                        exist to believe the detainee 
                                        presents an immediate and 
                                        credible risk of escape that 
                                        cannot be reasonably minimized 
                                        through any other method;'';
            (2) in paragraph (27), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (28), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(29) describe the policies, procedures, and training in 
        effect for the staff of juvenile State correctional facilities 
        to eliminate the use of dangerous practices regarding known 
        pregnant juveniles, including unreasonable restraints.''.
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