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NJ A4694

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/12/2024

Primary Sponsor

Yvonne Lopez

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes the "Incarcerated Women's Protection Act" and creates a Division of Women's Services within the Department of Corrections to develop gender-responsive policies, programs, and services for incarcerated women

  • Requires the Commissioner of Corrections to provide gender-responsive risk and needs assessments, doula services for pregnant incarcerated women, and allows a support person to be present during labor and childbirth

  • Creates a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Compliance Unit and a Special Victim's Unit within the Special Investigations Division to investigate allegations of sexual assault and misconduct in state correctional facilities

  • Mandates enhanced annual training for correctional officers supervising female inmates on gender-responsive policies, sexual assault prevention, and victim-centered investigation practices

  • Requires separate boards of trustees for adult male and adult female state correctional facilities, and provides incarcerated persons with reentry resources including pre-release case management, parenting classes, and family reunification programs

Legislative Description

Establishes "Incarcerated Women's Protection Act" and concerns correctional facility board of trustees.

Substituted by another Bill

Last Action

Substituted by S3530 (1R)

1/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Appropriations12/18/2025
Community Development and Womens Affairs Committee9/12/2024

Full Bill Text

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