Chapter 5 – Adult Custody and Security Operations

54045.6 Housing

• Pregnant incarcerated persons shall be recommended for placement at or transferred to the California Institution for Women (CIWCalifornia Institution for Women), unless delivery is imminent or there is a medical contraindication to traveling.

• Pregnant incarcerated persons housed in a multitier housing unit shall be assigned to lower tier housing. All pregnant incarcerated persons shall be assigned a lower bunk.

• Pregnant incarcerated persons shall not be placed in Restricted Housing Units (RHU) during their pregnancy, if known by the department to be pregnant, or for 12 weeks postpartum. This prohibition shall not apply when there is a credible and imminent threat to the safety or security of the pregnant incarcerated person or the institution. If Custody staff determines a pregnant incarcerated person meets the credible and imminent threat to safety and security, then within 24 hours a medical assessment shall occur by the provider or an RNRegistered Nurse with concurrence with the Provider on Call. If the medical assessment identifies clinical contraindications in addition to pregnancy to placement in the RHU, the institution leadership shall be notified. Such placement in the RHU shall not extend beyond five days. Individuals placed in the RHU shall not be unenrolled from work assignments and rehabilitative programs and shall not be subject to other RHU restrictions.

• The Facility Captain shall conduct the Restricted Housing Placement Order review for release to appropriate housing and/or a special Institutional Classification Committee shall be completed for appropriate housing.