Existing law provides that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has jurisdiction over the state prison. Existing law places a county jail under the jurisdiction of the sheriff of the county. Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county to establish an industrial farm or industrial road camp and requires the board to employ a superintendent of that farm or camp to administer the facility. Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish for state facilities, and the Board of State and Community Corrections to establish for local correctional facilities, excluding portions of the facilities devoted only to the confinement of minors, minimum standards governing, among other things, prenatal and postpartum information and health care, and information pertaining to childbirth and infant care, for pregnant inmates in those
facilities.
Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county, by ordinance, to establish juvenile ranches, camps, or forestry camps, within or without the county, to which wards of the juvenile court, as specified, may be committed. Existing law requires the Board of State and Community Corrections to adopt and prescribe, among other things, the minimum standards of operation for juvenile ranches, camps, and forestry camps.
This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2019, the Secretary of the Department Corrections and Rehabilitation, each county sheriff, each superintendent of an industrial farm or industrial road camp, and, with respect to a juvenile ranch, camp, or forestry camp, the Board of State and Community Corrections, to develop and implement an infant and toddler breast milk feeding policy for lactating inmates or wards, as applicable, that is based on currently accepted best practices. The bill
would require the policy to include provisions for, among other things, procedures for providing medically appropriate support and care related to the cessation of lactation or weaning and for conditioning an inmate’s or ward’s participation in the program upon the inmate or ward undergoing drug screening. The bill would require the policy to be posted in the facility, as specified, and to be communicated to all staff persons who interact with or oversee pregnant or lactating inmates or wards.
By imposing a higher level of service on county employees, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on
State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.