Bill > SB685

This bill amends Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to provide new regulations and requirements for the use of solitary confinement in correctional institutions and facilities. Key provisions include: defining solitary confinement and vulnerable populations, setting standards and procedures for when solitary confinement can be used, prohibiting its use for certain vulnerable inmates, requiring due process hearings, implementing alternative disciplinary measures, providing rehabilitation for inmates released from solitary confinement, establishing an independent investigator, and mandating reporting on the use of solitary confinement. The bill aims to limit the use of solitary confinement and improve conditions and procedures around its application.