Bill > S2413

This bill aims to provide criminal justice reform protections to all prisoners in segregated confinement. The key provisions include: - Defining different types of segregated confinement, such as restrictive housing, disciplinary restrictive housing, secure adjustment units, secure treatment units, and mental health watch. - Requiring secure treatment units to meet minimum standards for mental health treatment, programming, and education, with a minimum of 5 hours of out-of-cell time daily. - Prohibiting prisoners with serious mental illness or who are otherwise clinically contraindicated from being placed in restrictive housing, disciplinary restrictive housing, or secure adjustment units. - Establishing a placement review process for segregated confinement, with increased requirements for the written explanation of the placement decision. - Allowing prisoners who have been in segregated confinement for more than 90 days in a year to challenge their placement in court. - Mandating quarterly reporting on the use of segregated confinement, including details on the prisoners affected. - Creating a segregated confinement oversight committee with the ability to conduct surprise inspections of correctional institutions. Overall, the bill aims to provide enhanced protections and better conditions for prisoners in segregated confinement, particularly those with mental health issues.