Alabama HB54 allows supervised pre-incarceration probation for certain pregnant women, requiring self-surrender after birth and penalties for.

Alabama HB54, known as the Alabama Women's Childbirth Alternatives, Resources, and Education (CARE) Act, provides for supervised pre-incarceration probation for pregnant women sentenced to incarceration. The court must include a term of probation to be served until 12 weeks after the birth of the child, provided the woman does not pose a significant threat. The woman must self-surrender to the Department of Corrections, county jail, or municipal jail 12 weeks after birth. Failure to surrender is a Class A misdemeanor.

Alabama HB54 allows supervised pre-incarceration probation for certain pregnant women, requiring self-surrender after birth and penalties for.

Alabama HB54, known as the Alabama Women's Childbirth Alternatives, Resources, and Education (CARE) Act, provides for supervised pre-incarceration probation for pregnant women sentenced to incarceration. The court must include a term of probation to be served until 12 weeks after the birth of the child, provided the woman does not pose a significant threat. The woman must self-surrender to the Department of Corrections, county jail, or municipal jail 12 weeks after birth. Failure to surrender is a Class A misdemeanor.