US Congress Senate Bill 719 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on March 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes standards for the use of solitary confinement at federal prisons. It generally limits the use of solitary confinement to situations that meet certain criteria, including confinement for the briefest term and the least restrictive conditions practicable. It also limits the use of solitary confinement for certain categories of inmates, including pregnant women and individuals with serious mental illness. The bill requires the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to do the following: establish a transitional process for inmates in solitary confinement, provide comprehensive mental health evaluations for inmates in solitary confinement, train employees on mental illness and the psychological effects of solitary confinement, and report annually on the use of solitary confinement. It establishes, within the BOP, an Office of the Civil Rights Ombudsman. Finally, it establishes a solitary confinement resource center within the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Solitary Confinement Reform Act

Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/719/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s719/BILLS-116s719is.pdf