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or that were mooted because the inmate’s pregnancy 
ended. 
(5) The average amount of time that each cat-
egory of request or appeal took to resolve during the 
previous year. 
(6) The shortest and longest amounts of time 
that a request or appeal in each category that was 
resolved in the last year took to resolve. 
SEC. 8. EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
The Director of the National Institute of Corrections 
shall provide education and technical assistance, in con-
junction with the appropriate public agencies, at State and 
local correctional facilities that house women and facilities 
in which incarcerated women go into labor and give birth, 
in order to educate the employees of such facilities, includ-
ing health personnel, on the dangers and potential mental 
health consequences associated with the use of restrictive 
housing and restraints on incarcerated women during 
pregnancy, labor, and postpartum recovery, and on alter-
natives to the use of restraints and restrictive housing 
placement. 
SEC. 9. BUREAU OF PRISONS STAFF AND UNITED STATES 
MARSHALS TRAINING. 
(a) BUREAU OF PRISONS TRAINING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
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(A) INITIAL
TRAINING.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall 
provide training to carry out the requirements 
of this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act to each correctional officer at any Bureau 
of Prisons facility that houses women who is 
employed on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(B) SUBSEQUENT
TRAINING.—After the 
initial training provided under subparagraph 
(A), the Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall 
provide training to carry out the requirements 
of this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act twice each year to each correctional officer 
at any Bureau of Prisons facility that houses 
women. 
(2) NEW HIRES.— 
(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘covered new correctional officer’’ means 
an individual appointed to a position as a cor-
rectional officer at a Bureau of Prisons facility 
that houses women on or after the date that is 
180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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(B) TRAINING.—The Director of the Bu-
reau of Prisons shall train each covered new 
correctional officer to carry out the require-
ments of this Act and the amendments made by 
this Act not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the covered new correctional officer is 
appointed. 
(b) UNITED STATES MARSHALS TRAINING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date that 
is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Director of the United States Marshals Service 
shall ensure that each Deputy United States Mar-
shal has received trained pursuant to the guidelines 
described in subsection (c). 
(2) NEW HIRES.— 
(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘new Deputy United States Marshal’’ 
means an individual appointed to a position as 
a Deputy United States Marshal after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(B) TRAINING.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which a new Deputy United 
States Marshal is appointed, the new Deputy 
United States Marshal shall receive training 
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pursuant to the guidelines described in sub-
section (c). 
(c) GUIDELINES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau 
of Prisons and the United States Marshals Service 
shall each develop guidelines on the treatment of in-
carcerated women during pregnancy, labor, and 
postpartum recovery and incorporate such guidelines 
in the training required under this section. 
(2) 
CONTENTS.—The 
guidelines 
developed 
under paragraph (1) shall include guidance on— 
(A) the transportation of incarcerated 
pregnant women; 
(B) housing of incarcerated pregnant 
women; 
(C) nutritional requirements for incarcer-
ated pregnant women; and 
(D) the right of a health care professional 
to request that restraints not be used. 
SEC. 10. GAO STUDY ON STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL 
FACILITIES. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study of services and protections provided for 
pregnant incarcerated women in local and State correc-
tional settings, including— 
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