North Carolina General Statutes 148-25.5. Training and technical assistance
(a) Correctional Facility Employee Training. – The Department of Public Safety shall develop, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, Divisions of Public Health and Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, and shall provide to all State prison employees who have significant regular contact with pregnant female incarcerated persons training related to the physical and mental health of pregnant female incarcerated persons and fetuses, including:
(1) General care of pregnant women.
(2) The impact of restraints on pregnant female incarcerated persons and fetuses.
(3) The impact of being placed in restrictive housing on pregnant female incarcerated persons.
(4) The impact of body cavity searches on pregnant female incarcerated persons.
Training materials and curricula developed pursuant to this subsection shall be made available to administrators of local confinement facilities.
(b) Educational Programming for Pregnant Female Incarcerated Persons. – The Department of Public Safety shall develop and provide educational programming to pregnant female incarcerated persons held in State prisons related to:
(1) Prenatal care.
(2) Pregnancy-specific hygiene.
(3) Parenting skills.
(4) The impact of alcohol and drugs on the fetus.
(5) General health of children.
Training materials and curricula developed pursuant to this subsection shall be made available to administrators of local confinement facilities. ?(2021-143, s. 2(a).)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 148-25.5
- Body cavity searches: The probing of body orifices in search of contraband. See North Carolina General Statutes 148-25.1
- Correctional facility: Any unit of the State prison system, juvenile detention facility, or other entity under the authority of the State that has the power to detain or restrain a person under the laws of this State. See North Carolina General Statutes 148-25.1
- Restraints: Any physical or mechanical device used to restrict or control the movement of an incarcerated person's body, limbs, or both. See North Carolina General Statutes 148-25.1
- Restrictive housing: Any type of detention that involves removal from general population and an inability to leave a room or cell for the vast majority of the day. See North Carolina General Statutes 148-25.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3