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in section 4322 of title 18, United States Code, as 
added by this Act. 
SEC. 3. DATA COLLECTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, pursuant to the 
authority under section 302 of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10132), the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics 
shall include in the National Prisoner Statistics Program 
and Annual Survey of Jails statistics relating to the health 
needs of incarcerated pregnant women in the criminal jus-
tice system at the Federal, State, Tribal, and local levels, 
including— 
(1) demographic and other information about 
incarcerated women who are pregnant, in labor, or 
in postpartum recovery, including the race, ethnicity, 
and age of the woman; 
(2) the provision of pregnancy care and services 
provided for such women, including— 
(A) whether prenatal, delivery, and post- 
delivery check-up visits were scheduled and pro-
vided; 
(B) whether a social worker, psychologist, 
doula or other support person was offered and 
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provided during pregnancy and delivery and 
post-delivery; 
(C) whether a pregnancy or parenting pro-
gram was offered and provided during preg-
nancy; 
(D) whether a nursery or residential pro-
gram to keep mothers and infants together 
post-delivery was offered and whether such a 
nursery or residential program was provided; 
(E) the number of days the mother stayed 
in the hospital post-delivery; 
(F) the number of days the infant re-
mained with the mother post-delivery; and 
(G) the number of days the infant re-
mained in the hospital after the mother was 
discharged; 
(3) the location of the nearest hospital with a 
licensed obstetrician-gynecologist in proximity to 
where the incarcerated pregnant woman is housed 
and the length of travel required to transport the 
woman; 
(4) whether a written policy or protocol is in 
place— 
(A) to respond to unexpected childbirth, 
labor, deliveries, or medical complications re-
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lated to the pregnancies of incarcerated preg-
nant women; and 
(B) for incarcerated pregnant women expe-
riencing labor or medical complications related 
to pregnancy outside of a hospital; 
(5) the number of incarcerated women who are 
determined by a health care professional to have a 
high-risk pregnancy; 
(6) the total number of incarcerated pregnant 
women and the number of incarcerated women who 
became pregnant while incarcerated; 
(7) the number of incidents in which an incar-
cerated woman who is pregnant, in labor, or in 
postpartum recovery is placed in restrictive housing, 
the reason for such restriction or placement, and the 
circumstances under which each incident occurred, 
including the duration of time in restrictive housing, 
during— 
(A) pregnancy; 
(B) labor; 
(C) delivery; 
(D) postpartum recovery; and 
(E) the 6-month period after delivery; and 
(8) the disposition of the custody of the infant 
post-delivery. 
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