Nursing Mothers-Accommodations

(a) The Director of the Department of Corrections must make reasonable efforts to provide a breast pump and a sanitary room, other than a toilet stall, or a private area where a nursing mother confined at the Department of Corrections facilities can express her milk. (b) A nursing mother confined at the Department of Corrections facilities may be allowed to breastfeed her child in a sanitary room, other than a toilet stall, or a private area as long as safeguards are in place, as determined by the Director, to prevent her escape and as long as it is not a threat to the infant’s and the public’s safety and welfare. SOURCE: P.L. 32-098:3 (Nov. 27, 2013) added 9 GCA § 80.49.1, codified by Compiler as 9 GCA § 90.48. 2014 NOTE: This section was originally entitled “Inmate Transfers for Non-Emergency and Non-Disciplinary Reasons.” Added by P.L. 15-059:4 (Aug. 31, 1979). Repealed by P.L 24-086:2 (Oct. 6, 1997). In light of the repeal occurring more than five years ago, the Compiler used the code section for a newly added statute pursuant to the authority granted by 1 GCA § 1606.