Texas Government Code 493.032 – Correctional Officer Training Related to Pregnant Inmates
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(a) The department shall provide training relating to medical and mental health care issues applicable to pregnant inmates to:
(1) each correctional officer employed by the department at a facility in which female inmates are confined; and
(2) any other department employee whose duties involve contact with pregnant inmates.
(b) The training must include information regarding:
(1) appropriate care for pregnant inmates; and
(2) the impact on a pregnant inmate and the inmate’s unborn child of:
(A) the use of restraints;
(B) placement in administrative segregation; and
(C) invasive searches.