1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pathway to Parenting Act of 2018 . 2. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and other individuals in Federal prisons (a) In general Chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 4050. Treatment of primary caretaker parents and other individuals (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term correctional officer means a correctional officer of the Bureau of Prisons; (2) the term Director means the Director of the Bureau of Prisons; (3) the term primary caretaker parent has the meaning given the term in section 31903 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 ( 42 U.S.C. 13882 ); and (4) the term prisoner means an individual who is incarcerated in a Federal penal or correctional institution. (b) Geographic placement (1) Establishment of office The Director shall establish within the Bureau of Prisons an office that determines the placement of prisoners. (2) Placement of prisoners In determining the placement of a prisoner, the office established under paragraph (1) shall— (A) if the prisoner has children, place the prisoner as close to the children as possible; and (B) consider any other factor that the office determines appropriate. (c) Visitation rules The Director shall promulgate regulations for visitation between prisoners who are primary caretaker parents and their family members under which— (1) a prisoner may receive visits not fewer than 6 days per week, which shall include Saturday and Sunday; (2) a Federal penal or correctional institution shall be open for visitation for not fewer than 8 hours per day; (3) a prisoner may have up to 3 adult visitors and an unlimited number of child visitors per visit; and (4) a prisoner may have physical contact with visitors unless the prisoner presents an immediate physical danger to the visitors. (d) Placement in segregated housing units