SB307: Revises provisions relating to human rights. (BDR 16-881)

Legislative Summary

AN ACT relating to offenders; defining certain terms relating to the housing of offenders; requiring the Director of the Department of Corrections to adopt certain regulations relating to solitary confinement; prohibiting the Department from placing an offender in solitary confinement under certain circumstances; providing that an offender is entitled to certain privileges while placed in solitary confinement; requiring the Department to ensure that an offender placed in solitary confinement receives a daily health and wellness check; providing procedures for the removal of an offender from solitary confinement; requiring certain training for staff who work in units used for solitary confinement; requiring the Department to submit a report concerning the use of solitary confinement to the Joint Interim Standing Committee on the Judiciary or the Legislature; limiting the number of days that an offender may be placed in disciplinary segregation; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.