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This bill establishes a comprehensive annual study on restrictive housing (solitary confinement) in Florida's state correctional system, requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to collect and report detailed data about prisoners in various types of isolated confinement, including maximum management, disciplinary confinement, close management, and administrative confinement. The bill defines these different types of restrictive housing, ranging from temporary removals from the general population to the most extreme forms of isolation, and mandates a thorough investigation that includes demographic information, reasons for placement, duration of confinement, mental health impacts, facility conditions, accommodation requests, and economic data comparing the cost of restrictive housing to general population housing. The study must also assess the potential long-term effects of restrictive housing by examining 3-year recidivism rates for individuals who have experienced such confinement. The report will be submitted to the Governor, Senate President, and House Speaker, providing a comprehensive overview of restrictive housing practices in Florida's prison system and potentially informing future policy decisions about inmate management and rehabilitation.

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1758