(18) correctional authorities should provide 
prisoners with clean, appropriately sized clothing 
suited to the season and facility temperature and to 
the prisoner’s work assignment and gender identity, 
in quantities sufficient to allow for a daily change of 
clothing and permitting incarcerated persons oppor-
tunities to mend and machine launder their clothing 
if the facility does not provide these services; 
(19) to the extent practicable and consistent 
with safety concerns, correctional authorities should 
minimize the periods during the day in which pris-
oners are required to remain in their cells; 
(20) incarcerated persons shall be provided 
daily opportunities for significant out-of-cell time 
and for recreation at appropriate hours that allows 
them to maintain physical health and, for incarcer-
ated persons not otherwise prohibited by specific 
health or safety concerns, to socialize with other in-
carcerated persons, and at minimum all incarcerated 
persons shall be offered the opportunity for at least 
one hour per day of exercise, in the open air if the 
weather permits; and 
(21) incarcerated persons should be permitted, 
whenever practicable, to eat in a congregate setting, 
whether that is a specialized room or a housing area 
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dayroom, absent an individualized decision that a 
congregate setting is inappropriate for a particular 
individual, and incarcerated persons shall be allowed 
an adequate time to eat each meal. 
(c) INCARCERATED PERSON CONDITIONS DURING 
MENSTRUATION.—The Director, in consultation with the 
Director of the Women and Special Populations Branch, 
shall ensure that incarcerated persons during the time of 
menstruation are treated with dignity and respect, and 
that such incarcerated persons are given appropriate med-
ical and hygienic care, including as necessary for pain re-
lief. This shall include free and adequate supply of men-
strual materials as well as sufficient access to toilet paper. 
SEC. 607. GENDER-SPECIFIC POSTS. 
The Director shall ensure that ensure the assignment 
of female staff at locations in female institutions where 
incarcerated person searches are common, such that Bu-
reau of Prisons is in compliance with the Prison Rape 
Elimination Act of 2003 without requiring female Correc-
tional Officers to leave other assigned posts. 
SEC. 608. FEMALE INCARCERATED PERSON NUTRITIONAL 
STANDARDS. 
(a) NUTRITIONAL STANDARDS FOR FEMALE INCAR-
CERATED PERSONS.—The Director shall revise the Bu-
reau of Prisons standards for nutrition to ensure they are 
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gender-specific, and that women receive a healthy diet con-
sistent with national dietary guidelines for women. 
(b) NUTRALOAF PROHIBITED.—The Director shall 
ensure that food quantity, type, or the prohibition of food, 
shall never be used as a means of discipline, and the Bu-
reau of Prisons shall never provide as meals to incarcer-
ated persons ‘‘Nutraloaf’’, ground up leftovers, or any 
similar meal. 
(c) PREGNANT AND LACTATING INCARCERATED PER-
SONS.—For pregnant and lactating incarcerated persons 
nutrition standards shall reflect the following: 
(1) Access to at least 64–96 ounces of fluid per 
day. 
(2) Access to appropriate dietary supplements. 
(3) Caloric supplementation as medically appro-
priate not from processed meats associated with 
listeriosis. 
SEC. 609. GENDER-RESPONSIVE DISCIPLINE POLICIES. 
(a) GENERALLY.—The Director, in consultation with 
the Director of the Women and Special Populations 
Branch, the Director of the Health Services Division, and 
in consultation with experts in correctional standards for 
gender-responsive sanctions, shall develop gender-respon-
sive policies for discipline, which shall— 
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(1) include a review of the existing Bureau of 
Prisons’ discipline and sanctions policies to evaluate 
where policies are not gender-responsive, and to in-
clude gender-responsive mission statements and 
goals and revise all policies and standards to be gen-
der-responsive; 
(2) ensure that revised policies focus on safety, 
motivation of incarcerated person behavior, and in-
carcerated 
person 
self-management, 
including 
through methods to teach incarcerated persons alter-
natives to rule violating behaviors before such behav-
iors are displayed; 
(3) include an understanding of gender-based 
peer dynamics and relationships; 
(4) acknowledge trauma, and how many rule 
violating behaviors have roots in traumatic experi-
ences; 
(5) address gender-responsive and trauma-in-
formed approaches with female incarcerated persons; 
(6) review common incarcerated person viola-
tion behavior based on gender, and determine what 
sanctions and supports are available to respond to 
the range of common behaviors, based on gender; 
(7) determine which sanctions can be reduced 
or eliminated based on research and best practices, 
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and which sanctions can be added to achieve better 
outcomes with female incarcerated persons, with a 
focus on sanctions that reinforce motivation and re-
habilitation rather than a punitive response; and 
(8) eliminate the use of extremely punitive 
sanctions, including shackling and segregated hous-
ing, except in circumstances when an incarcerated 
person presents a severe danger to other staff or in-
carcerated persons, and create gender-responsive 
policies for the use of such sanctions. 
(b) VISITATION AS A DISCIPLINARY TOOL.—The Di-
rector shall ensure that loss of visitation privileges, includ-
ing in-person, video, electronic, phone, and physical mail 
opportunities, is reserved as a sanction in only high and 
greatest severity level offenses by incarcerated persons. 
(c) DISCIPLINE REPORT.—Beginning on the date 
that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this title, 
and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit 
a report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives that contains the fol-
lowing information for the previous calendar year: 
(1) The number of incarcerated persons who 
are sanctioned for prohibited acts, disaggregated by 
race, gender, and age. 
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(2) The number of incarcerated persons who 
are sanctioned for greatest severity level offenses, 
high severity level offenses, moderate severity level 
offenses, low severity level offenses, disaggregated by 
race, gender, and age. 
(3) The number of incarcerated persons who 
lose good conduct time as a sanction, the reason for 
loss of good conduct time, and the amount of good 
conduct time lost, disaggregated by race, gender, 
and age. 
(4) The type of sanctions imposed for all great-
est level severity offenses, disaggregated by race, 
gender, and age of the incarcerated person. 
(5) The type of sanctions imposed for all high 
level severity offenses, disaggregated by race, gen-
der, and age of the incarcerated person. 
(6) The type of sanctions imposed for all mod-
erate level severity offenses, disaggregated by race, 
gender, and age of the incarcerated person. 
(7) The type of sanctions imposed for all low 
level severity offenses, disaggregated by race, gen-
der, and age of the incarcerated person. 
(8) All sanctions imposed on mentally ill incar-
cerated persons, disaggregated by race, gender, and 
age of the incarcerated person. 
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SEC. 610. EXPANDING ACCESS TO THE MOTHERS AND IN-
FANTS NURTURING TOGETHER PROGRAM 
AND THE RESIDENTIAL PARENTING PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) NOTICE.—The Director shall ensure that every 
correctional officer and employee, and every female incar-
cerated person admitted into the Bureau of Prisons, is 
given notice of the Washington State Department of Cor-
rections’ Residential Parenting Program and the Mothers 
and Infants Nurturing Together Program, and of the eli-
gibility requirements for each program. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The Director shall revise eligibility 
requirements for the Residential Parenting Program and 
the Mothers and Infants Nurturing Together Program to 
ensure that all incarcerated persons who have given birth 
while in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons have access 
to both programs, except in limited circumstances where 
the female incarcerated person presents a risk of danger 
to herself or others, and without regard to citizenship sta-
tus or criminal charge. 
(c) REVIEW OF EXCLUSIONS.—In the case of a fe-
male incarcerated person who has been pregnant or given 
birth while in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons, and 
has been excluded from participation in the Washington 
State Department of Corrections’ Residential Parenting 
Program and the Mothers and Infants Nurturing To-
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gether Program eligibility, such exclusion shall be reviewed 
by the Director of the Women and Special Populations 
Branch, or the Director’s designee who must be a licensed 
psychologist. 
(d) REPORTS.—Beginning on the date that is 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this title, and annually 
thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit a report to 
the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives and the Subcommittees on Com-
merce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives that contains the following information 
about the Washington State Department of Corrections’ 
Residential Parenting Program and the Mothers and In-
fants Nurturing Together Program: 
(1) The number of women who have been preg-
nant or given birth while in the custody of the Bu-
reau of Prisons. 
(2) The number of women who participate in 
the Washington State Department of Corrections’ 
Residential Parenting Program and the Mothers and 
Infants Nurturing Together Program, including— 
(A) the number of participants who start 
each program; and 
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(B) the number of participants who com-
plete each program. 
(3) For all incarcerated persons who enter each 
program and do not complete each program, the rea-
sons for failure to complete the program. 
(4) The number of available, unused program 
participation incarcerated person spaces. 
(5) The number of female incarcerated persons 
who have been pregnant or given birth while in the 
custody of the Bureau of Prisons who have been ex-
cluded from participation in the programs by the 
Bureau of Prisons or personal preference, and the 
reasons for such exclusion. 
SEC. 611. REPORT ON FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE 500 
MILE RULE. 
Beginning on the date that is 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this title, and annually thereafter, the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Prisons shall submit a report on 
compliance with the requirements under section 3621(b) 
of title 18, United States Code, to the Committees on the 
Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
and the Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives that 
contains— 
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(1) the number of incarcerated persons who are 
not placed in a facility that is within 500 miles of 
their primary residence; 
(2) for each incarcerated person who is not 
placed in a facility that is within 500 miles of his 
or her primary residence, the reason for such place-
ment; 
(3) for each incarcerated person who is not 
placed in a facility that is within 500 miles of his 
or her primary residence, the number of miles from 
the prisoner’s primary residence to the facility where 
such prisoner is placed; and 
(4) for each incarcerated person who is not 
placed at a facility within 500 miles of his or her 
primary residence, whether such incarcerated person 
has received any visits in the previous calendar year, 
and if so, how many. 
SEC. 612. GAO STUDY ON REPRESENTATION IN THE BU-
REAU OF PRISONS. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study of the best practices as of the date of 
enactment of this Act in recruiting and retaining women 
as correctional officers within the Bureau of Prisons. This 
report shall also include practices which have been coun-
terproductive to any such effort. Additionally the report 
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