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U. S. Department of Justice <br />United States Marshals Service <br />Modification of Intergovernmental Agreement <br />Agreement Number: Page 4 of S <br />85-10-0004 <br />• Optional Guard/Transportation Services to/from U.S. Courthouse <br />Each prisoner will be frilly restrained in handcuffs, waist chain, and leg restraints during transportation unless <br />otherwise authorized by the USMS. Pregnant or postpartum prisoners should not be restrained. Postpartum is the <br />twelve -week period following childbirth, miscarriage, or abortion. See First Step Act provision for more informati <br />Deviations from full restraints must be documented and reported monthly to the local district USM, Chief, or their <br />designee and to the USMS POD at PODCoCinguiries cr,usdoi.gov. <br />Optional Guard/Transportation Services to Justice Prisoner & Alien Transportation System (JPATS) <br />Each prisoner will be fully restrained in handcuffs, waist chain, and leg restraints during transportation unless <br />otherwise authorized by the USMS. Pregnant or postpartum prisoners should not be restrained. Postpartum is the <br />twelve -week period following childbirth, miscarriage, or abortion. See First Step Act provision for more information. <br />Deviations from full restraints must be documented and reported monthly to the local district USM, Chief, or their <br />designee and to the USMS POD at PODCoCIn.guiries@.usdon.gov. <br />Optional Guard Services to Video Teleconference Hearings within Facility <br />Each prisoner will be fully restrained in handcuffs, waist chain, and leg restraints during transportation unless <br />otherwise authorized by the USMS. Pregnant or postpartum prisoners should not be restrained. Postpartum is <br />the twelve -week period following childbirth, miscarriage, or abortion. See First Step Act provision for more <br />information. Deviations from full restraints must be documented and reported monthly to the local district <br />USM, Chief, or their designee and to the USMS POD at PODCoCinguiries@usdoi.gov <br />Video Teleconference Hearings within the Facility <br />1. If available, the facility shall furnish, as applicable to this agreement, all things necessary for, or incident to, <br />providing Video Teleconference (VTC) hearings within the facility. When VTC equipment is not available at the <br />facility, the Federal Government, in coordination with the Courts, may assist with providing VTC equipment and <br />ancillary items to the facility. <br />m #5 <br />• Ensuring Access to Voter Registration for Eligible Individuals in Federal Custody <br />1. The facility, to the extent practicable and appropriate, will provide federal prisoners educational materials related to <br />voter registration and voting and, upon request by the federal prisoner, facilitate voting by mail by prisoners who are <br />eligible to vote under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction. The facility will work with state and local election <br />officials and, in appropriate circumstances, may also work with other reliable sources of voter information to assist <br />federal prisoners with voter registration, voting by mail, and notification of upcoming elections. This clause does not <br />endorse or advocate in support of or in opposition to any candidate or political party. <br />