[§353H-5]  Children of incarcerated parents;
families.  The director of public safety shall:



(1)  Establish policies or rules that parent inmates
be placed in correctional facilities, consistent with public safety and inmate
security, in the best interest of the family, rather than on economic or
administrative factors;



(2)  Consider as a factor an offender's capacity to
maintain parent-child contact when making prison placements of offenders;



(3)  Conduct, coordinate, or promote research that
examines the impact of a parent's incarceration on the well-being of the
offender's child that shall include both direct contact with an offender's
child, as well as reports of caregivers; and



(4)  Conduct, coordinate, or promote research that
focuses on the relationship of incarcerated fathers with their children and the
long-term impact of incarceration on fathers and their children. [L Sp 2007, c
8, pt of §2]