SB 1374 - Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act

• Establishes an office within the Department of Corrections to determine prisoner placement, prioritizing placement near children and considering other appropriate factors.

• Requires adoption of visitation rules allowing prisoners who are primary caretaker parents to receive visits at least six days per week for a minimum of eight hours per day, with up to five adult visitors and unlimited child visitors per visit, and permitting physical contact unless the prisoner presents immediate physical danger.

• Mandates provision of parenting classes, trauma-informed care, videoconferencing free of charge, and specified health care products including tampons, sanitary napkins, soap, shampoo, and other hygiene items to all prisoners free of charge.

• Requires training for correctional officers and department employees to identify and refer prisoners with trauma to mental health professionals, and establishes rules allowing formerly incarcerated individuals to mentor prisoners and assist with reentry.

• Creates an ombudsman position within the Attorney General's office to oversee prisoner transportation, segregated housing, strip searches, and civil rights violations, and establishes an overnight family visitation program for eligible primary caretaker parents that expires July 1, 2028.