Healthcare Access for Incarcerated Women
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2023-05-15 — Justice for Incarcerated Moms Act: cross-connection with pregnant-prisoners-restraint-restrictions: The bill links proposed restraint restrictions for pregnant prisoners with federal programs and grants to improve maternal healthcare in correctional facilities. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-16 — To direct the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide medication assisted treatment for opioid addiction to certain women.: HR9756 introduced to direct the Bureau of Prisons to provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder to a defined subset of women in federal custody, extending an existing standard-of-care pharmacotherapy to a specific custodial subpopulation. (novelty: 2)
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To direct the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide medication assisted treatment for opioid addiction to certain women.
16-jul-2026
novelty 2
per-area 2
introduces