{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-24-276.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 24-276.01","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:\n\n(1)\n“Administrator” means the warden of the penal institution, the director of a facility under the control of the Department of Corrections, or any designees thereof, including medical and correctional staff.\n\n(2)\n“Confined” means housed, detained, or serving a sentence in a penal institution or other facility under the control of the Department of Corrections.\n\n(3)\n“Labor” means the period of time before a birth during which contractions are of sufficient frequency, intensity, and duration to bring about effacement and progressive dilation of the cervix and shall include any medical condition in which a pregnant person is sent or brought to a medical facility for the purpose of delivering the pregnant person's baby.\n\n(4)\n“Medical facility” shall include a hospital, birthing center, or clinic.\n\n(5)\n“Penal institution” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 22-2603.01(6).\n\n(6)\n“Postpartum recovery” means a period of recovery following childbirth or miscarriage or termination of a pregnancy as determined by a physician to be medically necessary for healing.\n\n(7)\n“Restraints” means any device used to control or bind the movement of a person’s body or limbs.","path":["Title 24. Prisoners and Their Treatment.","Chapter 2. Prisons and Prisoners.","Subchapter VIII-A. Limitations on the Use of Restraints on Certain Confined Women [Persons]."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/24-276.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"a3bd612e303924902b92ce79ca7b04912425a5ffe5ea26fffaf094185dd1675b","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-24-275","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-24-276.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}