Bill > S00787

This bill aims to limit the segregated confinement of inmates with serious mental illness in correctional facilities. The key provisions include: (1) prohibiting the use of segregated confinement for inmates unless they have engaged in highly dangerous or serious escape-related behavior, (2) limiting segregated confinement to 30 days, with exceptions for inmates exhibiting extreme violence or danger, subject to review by an independent council, and (3) requiring the diversion or removal of inmates with serious mental illness from segregated confinement to a residential mental health treatment unit. The bill also applies these provisions to inmates confined in county jails.