I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4972 
To end the use of solitary confinement and other forms of restrictive housing 
in all Federal agencies and entities they contract with. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2023 
Ms. BUSH (for herself, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. TLAIB, Mrs. WAT-
SON COLEMAN, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-COR-
TEZ, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Ms. PRESSLEY, and Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To end the use of solitary confinement and other forms 
of restrictive housing in all Federal agencies and entities 
they contract with. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘End Solitary Confine-
ment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
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(1) the use of solitary confinement as a carceral 
practice causes devastating harm and constitutes a 
form of torture; 
(2) solitary confinement of any length of time, 
measured in days or even hours, can cause self-muti-
lation, suicide, heart disease, anxiety, depression, 
psychosis, mental and physical deterioration, and a 
significantly heightened risk of death; 
(3) over 120,000 people are estimated to be in 
solitary confinement on any given day in Federal, 
State, local, and immigration detention facilities; 
(4) solitary confinement and other forms of re-
strictive housing and practices are disproportionately 
inflicted on Black, Latinx, Native, and other people 
of color, as well as transgender and gender noncon-
forming people, people with mental health needs, 
and young people; 
(5) survivors of solitary confinement often carry 
significant trauma and other physical and psycho-
logical harm with them for the rest of their lives; 
(6) solitary confinement has directly caused the 
deaths of far too many people, and has increased vi-
olence and harm in prisons, detention facilities, and 
communities; 
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(7) solitary confinement derives from, and helps 
perpetuate, a horrific and brutal incarceration sys-
tem that is rooted in racism and focuses on extreme 
punishment and abuse, rather than on providing op-
portunities for growth, healing, redemption, and 
transformation; 
(8) the United States is an outlier among ad-
vanced democracies in its use of solitary confine-
ment; 
(9) evidence shows that out-of-cell, prosocial en-
gagement and programming increase safety, well- 
being, and reentry outcomes; 
(10) solitary confinement is expensive, and cost 
analyses at the Federal and State levels indicate 
that its elimination would save taxpayers billions of 
dollars; and 
(11) solitary confinement is costly to taxpayers, 
does not make communities safer, jeopardizes the 
safety of incarcerated people and correctional staff, 
constitutes inhumane and degrading treatment, and 
has no place in a civilized society. 
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SEC. 3. ENDING SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AND ESTAB-
LISHING MINIMUM STANDARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 301 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 4015. Ending solitary confinement and establishing 
minimum standards 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF SOLITARY CON-
FINEMENT AND ESTABLISHMENT OF MINIMUM STAND-
ARDS.— 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Except 
in 
the 
cir-
cumstances described in paragraph (2)(B), place-
ment of a person incarcerated in a Federal facility 
in solitary confinement shall be prohibited. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR OUT-OF-CELL 
TIME AND MEANINGFUL HUMAN ENGAGEMENT.— 
‘‘(A) 
CONGREGATE
INTERACTION
RE-
QUIRED.—Except as provided in subparagraphs 
(B)(iii), (B)(iv), and (B)(v), all persons incar-
cerated in a Federal facility, regardless of hous-
ing unit or detention status, shall have access 
to at least 14 hours per day of out-of-cell con-
gregate interaction in a shared space, without 
physical barriers, that is conducive to meaning-
ful group interaction, including access to— 
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‘‘(i) at least 7 hours daily of struc-
tured out-of-cell, congregate programming 
led by a staff member, incarcerated person, 
or community member, including access to 
educational, vocational, volunteer, mental 
health, violence prevention, alcohol and 
substance use treatment, financial, reli-
gious, and reentry programming; 
‘‘(ii) at least 1 hour daily of out-of-cell 
congregate recreation; and 
‘‘(iii) other unstructured out-of-cell 
congregate activities, including time in a 
day room or equivalent space, meals, li-
brary and law library, legal visits, social 
and legal telephone calls, contact social vis-
itation without physical barriers, and per-
sonal property and commissary. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON SOLITARY CONFINE-
MENT.—A person incarcerated in a Federal fa-
cility shall not be placed in solitary confinement 
unless such placement is necessary— 
‘‘(i) at night for count or sleep, not to 
exceed 8 hours in any 24-hour period; 
‘‘(ii) during the day for count or re-
quired facility business that can only be 
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carried out while a person incarcerated in 
a Federal facility is placed in a cell, not to 
exceed 2 hours in any 24-hour period; 
‘‘(iii) for purposes of medical quar-
antine or medical isolation, only if done in 
a medical unit overseen by health care 
staff, for as limited a time as medically 
necessary as determined by health care 
staff, and with comparable access as indi-
viduals incarcerated in the general popu-
lation to phone calls, emails, and program-
ming at a physical distance determined ap-
propriate by health care staff; 
‘‘(iv) in an emergency situation as a 
last resort, only if necessary to deescalate 
immediate circumstances that pose a spe-
cific and significant risk of imminent seri-
ous physical injury to an individual, staff, 
or other incarcerated persons, and for as 
short a time as necessary to deescalate 
such circumstances, not to exceed 4 hours 
total immediately following such emergency 
situation, 4 hours total in any 24-hour pe-
riod, or 12 hours total in any 7-day period, 
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and subject to subparagraphs (C) and (D); 
or 
‘‘(v) as part of a Federal agency-wide, 
facility-wide, 
or 
partial 
facility-wide 
lockdown, only if a head of a facility or 
agency has determined such lockdown is 
necessary to deescalate an emergency that 
involves several incarcerated persons and 
poses a specific and significant risk of im-
minent serious physical injury to the staff 
or incarcerated persons, only when there 
are no less restrictive means to address an 
emergency, as a last resort after exhaust-
ing less restrictive measures, confined to as 
narrow an area as possible and to as lim-
ited number of people as possible, reviewed 
every hour by the head of the facility or 
agency, with notification provided to the 
agency regional or field office, or equiva-
lent office responsible for oversight of the 
facility, beginning at the time the lockdown 
reaches 2 hours, and lifted as quickly as 
possible, not to exceed 4 hours total from 
the start of the lockdown, 4 hours total in 
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any 24-hour period, or 12 hours total in 
any 7-day period. 
‘‘(C) 
DEESCALATION.—For 
placements 
pursuant to subparagraph (B)(iv), facility staff 
shall meet with the person at least once an hour 
to attempt deescalation, work toward their re-
lease from such confinement, and determine 
whether it is necessary to continue to hold the 
person in such confinement, and for all place-
ments pursuant to subparagraphs (B)(iv) and 
(B)(v), health care staff must conduct a thor-
ough medical, mental health, social, and behav-
ioral assessment upon admission to such place-
ment, conduct meaningful check-ins every 15 
minutes to engage with the person in custody, 
evaluate and treat any urgent health needs, and 
attempt any deescalation. If health care staff 
determines the person should be removed from 
such confinement for assessment or treatment 
purposes, or because of a negative impact of 
such confinement, the person shall be removed 
to an appropriate setting as determined by 
health care staff. 
‘‘(D) PROHIBITION ON INVOLUNTARY CON-
FINEMENT.—No person may be involuntarily 
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confined in their cell under subparagraph 
(B)(iv) who— 
‘‘(i) is aged 25 or younger; 
‘‘(ii) is aged 55 or older; 
‘‘(iii) has a disability, as defined in 
section 3 of the Americans with Disabil-
ities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102); 
‘‘(iv) has any diagnosed mental health 
need; 
‘‘(v) is pregnant, in the first 8 weeks 
of the postpartum recovery period, or car-
ing for a child in a facility program; or 
‘‘(vi) has identified as or is known or 
perceived by any facility staff to be lesbian, 
gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or 
gender nonconforming. 
‘‘(E) REQUIREMENTS FOR SEPARATION.— 
If a Federal facility determines that an indi-
vidual must be separated from the general facil-
ity population, including any placement in pro-
tective custody, for any reasons other than, or 
in a manner other than as provided under sub-
paragraphs (B)(iii), (B)(iv), and (B)(v) of this 
section, such separation in an alternative unit 
must— 
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‘‘(i) comply with subparagraphs (A) 
and (F) of this paragraph, and paragraphs 
(3), (4), and (5) of this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) provide access to out-of-cell, con-
gregate, trauma-informed, therapeutic pro-
gramming aimed at promoting personal de-
velopment, addressing underlying causes of 
problematic behavior resulting in the alter-
native unit placement, and helping prepare 
for discharge from the unit to the general 
population and to the community. 
‘‘(F) PROHIBITION
ON
LIMITATION
OF 
SERVICES.—In all Federal facilities, no limita-
tion on services, programming, treatment, con-
tact visitation, phone calls, email, mail, or basic 
needs such as clothing, food, or bedding shall be 
imposed as a form of punishment, discipline, or 
for any other reason. No involuntary restricted 
diets or any other involuntary change in diet 
shall be imposed as a form of punishment, dis-
cipline, or for any other reason. Nor shall ap-
proved personal property be confiscated as a 
form of punishment, discipline, or for any other 
reason. 
‘‘(3) DUE PROCESS REQUIREMENTS.— 
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‘‘(A) HEARING
REGULATIONS.—The rea-
sons and procedures for placement in protective 
custody shall be subject to the regulations, 
rules, standards, and procedures (or any succes-
sors thereof) applicable to each Federal agency. 
All hearings under such regulations shall com-
ply with paragraph (4). The conditions for all 
people in protective custody shall comply with 
subparagraphs (A), (E), and (F) of paragraph 
(2), and paragraph (5). 
‘‘(B) REVIEW OF PLACEMENT.—The place-
ment of an incarcerated individual in an alter-
native unit shall be meaningfully reviewed at 
least within the first 15 days after placement 
and at least every 15 days thereafter by a mul-
tidisciplinary team, including program and 
health care staff, to determine whether the in-
carcerated person’s release to the general facil-
ity population continues to present a specific 
and significant risk of imminent serious phys-
ical injury to the individual, staff, or other in-
carcerated persons. If a person is not dis-
charged from such housing at such a review, 
they shall promptly receive in writing the rea-
sons for the determination and the program, 
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treatment, service, or corrective action required 
before discharge. The incarcerated person shall 
be given access to the programs, treatment, and 
services specified, and shall be permitted to be 
discharged from such housing if the person so 
chooses and does not engage in behavior that 
presents a specific and significant risk of immi-
nent serious physical injury to the individual, 
staff, or other incarcerated persons during the 
subsequent 15 days. Other than for purposes of 
protective custody, or upon the individual’s 
written request, no person may be held in an al-
ternative unit for more than 60 days in any 6- 
month period. 
‘‘(C) NO PLACEMENT BASED ON PREVIOUS 
INCIDENT.—No person may be placed in an al-
ternative unit for an act or incident for which 
they were previously placed in such unit. 
‘‘(4) PLACEMENT HEARINGS.— 
‘‘(A) 
PLACEMENT
IN
ALTERNATIVE 
UNIT.—Other than separation of individuals in 
protective custody or for purposes of confine-
ment under paragraphs (2)(B)(iii), (2)(B)(iv), 
and (2)(B)(v), no person incarcerated in a Fed-
eral facility may be placed in an alternative unit 
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unless and until it is determined in writing fol-
lowing a placement hearing that clear and con-
vincing evidence shows the person committed 
one of the following acts at the time placement 
is sought, and the specific circumstances of the 
acts were so heinous or destructive that place-
ment of the individual in general facility hous-
ing creates a specific and significant risk of im-
minent serious physical injury to staff or other 
incarcerated persons: 
‘‘(i) Causing or attempting to cause 
serious physical injury or death to another 
person. 
‘‘(ii) Compelling or attempting to 
compel another person, by force or threat 
of force, to engage in a sexual act. 
‘‘(iii) Leading, organizing, inciting, or 
attempting to cause a riot, or other simi-
larly serious disturbance that results in the 
taking of a hostage, major property dam-
age, or serious physical harm to another 
person. 
‘‘(iv) Escaping, attempting to escape 
or facilitating an escape from a facility or 
escaping, attempting to escape or facili-
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tating an escape while under supervision 
outside such facility. 
‘‘(B) NEUTRAL
DECISION
MAKER
RE-
QUIRED.—Each placement hearing shall be con-
ducted by a neutral decision maker. 
‘‘(C) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.—For all 
placement hearings involving placement in Fed-
eral Bureau of Prisons facilities or facilities 
contracting with the Federal Bureau of Prisons 
or United States Marshals Service for incarcer-
ating people in their care or custody, the neu-
tral decision maker shall be appointed by the 
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, 
employed by the Department of Justice but 
independent of any division or unit within the 
Department of Justice that has people in its 
care or custody or engages in any prosecuting 
activities, any other Federal agency, and any 
prosecuting entity. 
‘‘(D) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECU-
RITY.—For all placement hearings involving 
placement in U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, or U.S. Customs and Border Protection fa-
cilities, or facilities contracting with U.S. Immi-
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gration and Customs Enforcement, the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security, or U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection for incarcerating people 
in their care or custody, the neutral decision 
maker shall be appointed by the Officer for 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, employed by 
the Department of Homeland Security but inde-
pendent of the Office for Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties, any division or unit within the De-
partment of Homeland Security that has people 
in its care or custody or engages in any pros-
ecuting activities, any other Federal agency, 
and any prosecuting entity. 
‘‘(E) DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND 
HUMAN SERVICES.—For all placement hearings 
involving placement in Department of Health 
and Human Services facilities or facilities con-
tracting with the Department of Health and 
Human Services for incarcerating people in 
their care or custody, the neutral decision 
maker shall be appointed by the Director of the 
Office for Civil Rights, employed by the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services but inde-
pendent of the Office for Civil Rights, any divi-
sion or unit within the Department of Health 
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and Human Services that has people in its care 
or custody, any other Federal agency, and any 
prosecuting entity. 
‘‘(F) EVIDENCE
PRESENTED.—At any 
placement hearing, the incarcerated person 
shall be permitted to offer documentary and 
testimonial evidence, cross-examine witnesses, 
and present any mitigating evidence, justifica-
tion evidence, or other relevant evidence helpful 
in aiding the incarcerated person’s defense. 
‘‘(G) REPRESENTATION.—At such a hear-
ing, the incarcerated person shall be permitted 
to represent themselves or be represented by 
any attorney, law student, paralegal, commu-
nity advocate, or other incarcerated person of 
their choosing. If a person does not have their 
own representative, they shall be offered the as-
sistance of a representative as follows: 
‘‘(i) For all placement hearings de-
scribed in subparagraph (C), if an incar-
cerated person does not select their own 
representative, an appointed representative 
shall be selected by the Assistant Attorney 
General for Civil Rights, employed by the 
Department of Justice, and independent of 
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any division or unit within the Department 
of Justice that has people in its care or 
custody or engages in any prosecuting ac-
tivities, any other Federal agency, and any 
prosecuting entity. 
‘‘(ii) For all placement hearings de-
scribed in subparagraph (D), if an incar-
cerated person does not select their own 
representative, an appointed representative 
shall be selected by the Officer for Civil 
Rights and Civil Liberties, employed by the 
Department of Homeland Security, and 
independent of the Office for Civil Rights 
and Civil Liberties, any division or unit 
within the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity that has people in its care or custody 
or engages in any prosecuting activities, 
any other Federal agency, and any pros-
ecuting entity. 
‘‘(iii) For all placement hearings de-
scribed in subparagraph (E), if an incar-
cerated person does not select their own 
representative, any appointed representa-
tive shall be selected by the Director of the 
Office for Civil Rights, employed by the 
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Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, and independent of the Office for 
Civil Rights, any division or unit within 
the Department of Health and Human 
Services that has people in its care or cus-
tody, any other Federal agency, and any 
prosecuting entity. 
‘‘(H) NOTICE.—Not less than 2 days prior 
to any placement hearing, both the incarcerated 
person and their chosen representative shall be 
provided detailed written notice of the reason 
for proposed placement in an alternative unit 
including all relevant evidence, during which 
time the person shall not, other than for pur-
poses of protective custody, be placed in such 
alternative unit. The individual and their cho-
sen representative shall be provided adequate 
time to prepare for such hearings and afforded 
adjournments as appropriate. Any refusal by an 
incarcerated person to attend such hearings 
shall be videotaped and made part of the evi-
dentiary record that shall be maintained by the 
relevant federal agency. Failure to provide the 
notice described herein or to enter into the 
record videotaped evidence of an alleged refusal 
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to attend by an incarcerated person shall con-
stitute a basis for resolving the hearing in that 
person’s favor. 
‘‘(I) 
WRITTEN
DETERMINATION.—The 
neutral decision maker shall issue a written de-
termination within 5 business days of the con-
clusion of the placement hearing. Any finding 
that an incarcerated person meets the criteria 
of placement in an alternative unit in subpara-
graph (A) shall be supported by clear and con-
vincing evidence. The determination shall speci-
fy the finding, a summary of each witness’s tes-
timony and an explanation of whether their tes-
timony was credited or rejected, the evidence 
relied upon in reaching the finding, and the 
placement imposed, if any. A copy of the deter-
mination shall be provided to the incarcerated 
person and their chosen representative within 
24 hours of the issuance of the determination. 
‘‘(5) USE OF RESTRAINTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—No person incarcer-
ated in a Federal facility shall be placed in re-
straints unless subject to the following provi-
sions: 
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‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph 
(A) 
shall not apply if facility staff make an individ-
ualized determination at the time of, or imme-
diately following, an incident precipitating 
placement in restraints that such restraints are 
necessary to prevent a specific and significant 
risk of imminent serious physical injury to the 
individual, other incarcerated persons, or staff 
based on concrete evidence of such risk. 
‘‘(C) LEAST
RESTRICTIVE
FORM.—The 
least restrictive form of restraints shall be used 
for no longer than necessary to abate such spe-
cific and significant risk of imminent serious 
physical injury, and in no circumstances shall 
continue beyond 4 hours unless a supervisory 
medical provider determines that such re-
straints are necessary to prevent such risk. 
‘‘(D) PLACEMENT HEARING REQUIRED.— 
Restraints shall not be used on the same indi-
vidual on consecutive days unless a placement 
hearing with protections established under 
paragraphs (3) and (4) establishes such re-
straints are necessary to prevent a specific and 
significant risk of imminent serious physical in-
jury to the individual, other incarcerated per-
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sons, or staff based on concrete evidence of 
such risk, and subject to the same limitations 
each day as set forth in this paragraph. Any re-
peated use of restraints approved at such a due 
process hearing shall be no longer than 3 days, 
subject to the same limitations each day as set 
forth in this paragraph, meaningfully reviewed 
by a supervisory medical provider at least daily, 
and discontinued once restraints are no longer 
necessary to prevent a specific and significant 
risk of imminent serious physical injury to the 
individual, other incarcerated persons, or staff. 
‘‘(E) SUBSEQUENT USE OF RESTRAINTS.— 
Once an approved use of restraints has been 
discontinued, any subsequent use of restraints 
on that person shall only be permitted to ad-
dress a new incident and upon the same re-
quirements under this paragraph. 
‘‘(6) SPECIAL
ADMINISTRATIVE
MEASURES.— 
Special administrative measures shall be prohibited 
in all Federal facilities. 
‘‘(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Within 15 days of the end 
of each quarter of the fiscal year, each Federal agency 
shall report on the website of such Federal agency the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(1) The total number of incidents at each fa-
cility operated by the Federal agency during the pre-
ceding quarter of self-harm, suicide attempts, and 
suicide, disaggregated by race, age, gender identity, 
documented mental health status, documented dis-
ability, pregnancy or postpartum status, identifica-
tion as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, 
or gender nonconforming, type of housing unit in-
cluding confinement under subsections (a)(2)(B)(iii), 
(a)(2)(B)(iv), (a)(2)(B)(v), any alternative units, 
and length of time in such housing unit. 
‘‘(2) The total number of placements at each 
facility during the preceding quarter, separately list-
ed, in confinement under subsections (a)(2)(B)(iii), 
(a)(2)(B)(iv), and (a)(2)(B)(v), in protective custody 
under subsection (a)(2)(E), and in any other alter-
native units under subsection (a)(2)(E) during that 
quarter. 
‘‘(3) The total number of people at each facility 
on the last day of each quarter, separately listed, in 
confinement 
under 
subsections 
(a)(2)(B)(iii), 
(a)(2)(B)(iv), and (a)(2)(B)(v), in protective custody 
under subsection (a)(2)(E), and in any other alter-
native units under (a)(2)(E), disaggregated by race, 
age, gender identity, documented mental health sta-
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tus, documented disability, pregnancy or postpartum 
status, identification as lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
transgender, intersex, or gender nonconforming, and 
reason for placement. 
‘‘(4) The total number of placements at each 
facility during the preceding quarter, separately list-
ed, 
for 
which 
confinement 
under 
subsections 
(a)(2)(B)(iv) and (a)(2)(B)(v) lasted for less than 1 
hour, between 1 and 2 hours, between 2 and 3 
hours, between 3 and 4 hours, and for longer than 
4 hours, with a listing of the length of time of each 
placement that exceeded 4 hours. 
‘‘(5) The total number of people at each facility 
who had reached a total period of time during the 
preceding quarter, separately listed, in confinement 
under (a)(2)(B)(iii), in protective custody under sub-
section (a)(2)(E), and in any other alternative units 
under (a)(2)(E) of less than 7 days, between 8 days 
and 15 days, between 16 days and 30 days, between 
31 days and 45 days, between 46 days and 60 days, 
and for longer than 60 days, with a listing of the 
length of time of each person who had reached a pe-
riod of time during the preceding quarter that ex-
ceeded a total of 60 days in such confinement or 
housing. 
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‘‘(c) PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person who is injured 
by a violation of subsection (a) may bring a civil ac-
tion in the appropriate United States district court 
against any person, entity, or any other relevant 
party who violated such subsection for declaratory 
and injunctive relief, including directing the closure 
of the facility, building, or unit where the violation 
took place if that facility, building, or unit is in re-
peated and systemic noncompliance with this Act, 
and for such money damages as the court deter-
mines appropriate, including for emotional pain and 
suffering. The court may, in addition, award reason-
able attorney’s fees and costs of the action to a pre-
vailing plaintiff. 
‘‘(2) 
NO
LIABILITY
FOR
CERTAIN 
LOCKDOWNS.—No Federal agency shall be liable for 
a Federal agency-wide, facility-wide, or partial facil-
ity-wide lockdown that exceeded the 4-hour limit in 
subsection (a)(2)(B)(v) if the agency can dem-
onstrate that— 
‘‘(A) the lockdown, and the length of the 
time of the lockdown, was necessary to address 
unexpected, extraordinary circumstances involv-
ing the detonation of an explosive device, an 
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acute mass contamination or contagion situa-
tion, a violent riot, revolt, or insurrection in-
volving a large number of people that resulted 
in the taking of a hostage, major property dam-
age, or serious physical harm to a person, or 
other similar emergency of the same magnitude 
involving a large group of people; 
‘‘(B) the head of facility who authorized 
the lockdown complied with all notification re-
quirements, and received approval from the 
agency regional or field office, or equivalent of-
fice responsible for oversight of the facility, at 
the time the lockdown lasted longer than 4 
hours; 
‘‘(C) the head of the applicable Federal 
agency approved of the lockdown if the 
lockdown exceeded 8 hours and the approval oc-
curred at that time; 
‘‘(D) the lockdown was ended as quickly as 
possible, did not last longer than necessary to 
address the unexpected, extraordinary cir-
cumstances, and did not exceed 24 hours; and 
‘‘(E) the lockdown was not used as a sub-
stitute for medical isolation or quarantine nor 
individual lock-ins pursuant to subsections 
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(a)(2)(B)(iii) and (a)(2)(B)(iv), nor as a way to 
circumvent the time limits or protections for 
people held under those subsections. 
‘‘(3) Any person who is injured by a violation 
of the U.S. Constitution by a Federal official or per-
son contracting with a Federal agency in a Federal 
facility may bring a civil action in the appropriate 
United States district court against any person, enti-
ty, or relevant party who violated such constitutional 
provision for declaratory and injunctive relief, in-
cluding directing the closure of the facility, building, 
or unit where the violation took place, and for such 
money damages as the court determines appropriate, 
including for emotional pain and suffering. The 
court may, in addition, award reasonable attorney’s 
fees and costs of the action to a prevailing plain-
tiff.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed by inserting after the item relating to section 4014 the 
following: 
‘‘4015. Ending solitary confinement and establishing minimum standards.’’. 
SEC. 4. OVERSIGHT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 301 of title 18, United 
States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
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tary confinement, has had loved ones in solitary confine-
ment or lost loved ones because of solitary confinement, 
is a faith leader, medical or mental health professional, 
or is a civil rights or human rights advocate. All members 
shall have had some experience engaging in advocacy, 
service provision, or program operation aimed at enhanc-
ing the rights and treatment of people incarcerated. No 
less than half of all members shall be people who have 
been incarcerated or have had family members incarcer-
ated. 
‘‘(d) MEMBERSHIP TERM.—Members of the commu-
nity monitoring body shall be appointed for a term of 5 
years, with the possibility of 1 reappointment by the Attor-
ney General for a total of 10 years. Each member shall 
be reimbursed by the Department of Justice for their per 
diem expenses in connection with service on the commu-
nity monitoring body. 
‘‘(e) ASSISTANCE.—The community monitoring body 
shall have the ability to designate any person to assist the 
work of the community monitoring body. 
‘‘(f) ACCESS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the community monitoring body and its designees 
shall have the ability to make unannounced visits to Fed-
eral agencies and Federal facilities, and have access to 
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every area of every Federal facility and all nonclassified, 
nonprivileged data from every Federal agency. 
‘‘(g) IN-PERSON
INTERVIEWS.—The community 
monitoring body and its designees shall have the ability 
to conduct in-person interviews and correspond and com-
municate with incarcerated persons and Federal agency 
and Federal facility staff freely, privately, and confiden-
tially, upon consent of the incarcerated person or staff. 
‘‘(h) MEETINGS.—Administrators of each Federal 
agency and facility shall meet privately with the commu-
nity monitoring body or its designees upon request. 
‘‘(i) CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS.—(1) All peo-
ple incarcerated in Federal facilities shall have the right 
and access to confidentially communicate with the commu-
nity monitoring body and its designees, including while the 
community monitoring body or its designees are at a Fed-
eral facility and through free phone calls, free mail cor-
respondence, and free email correspondence. These com-
munications shall be afforded the same levels of protec-
tion, confidentiality, and privilege as attorney-client cor-
respondence. 
‘‘(2) No person shall face any form of retaliation or 
adverse impact for having contact with, or being perceived 
to have had contact with, the community monitoring body 
or its designees. 
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‘‘(3) An incarcerated person shall not be required to 
raise a complaint with the community monitoring body be-
fore seeking other remedies in connection with that com-
plaint. 
‘‘(j) ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT.—The community 
monitoring body and its designees shall have the right to 
bring and use electronic equipment in any Federal facility, 
including video cameras, photographic cameras, audio re-
cording devices, mobile telephones, computers, and tablets, 
for the purposes of recording, documentation, administra-
tion of surveys, and other related purposes. 
‘‘(k) ACCESS TO CERTAIN INFORMATION.—(1) The 
community monitoring body and its designees shall have 
the right to receive, access, inspect, and copy all relevant 
non-classified, non-privileged information, records, and 
documents in the possession or control of any Federal fa-
cility, Federal agency, or employee of any Federal facility 
or Federal agency. 
‘‘(2) The community monitoring body and its des-
ignees shall receive any such records within 7 days of a 
request to the head of a Federal facility or Federal agency. 
Where the records requested by the community monitoring 
body or its designees pertain to a death of an incarcerated 
person, threats of bodily harm including sexual or physical 
assaults, or the denial of necessary medical treatment, the 
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records shall be provided within 48 hours unless members 
of the community monitoring body or their designees con-
sent to an extension of the deadline. 
‘‘(l) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The community moni-
toring body may make periodic recommendations to any 
Federal agency or Federal facility, as well as to the Presi-
dent, Attorney General, Secretary of Homeland Security, 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, House Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, House Committee on Oversight 
and Accountability, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs, and other government entities. For any 
recommendations made by the community monitoring 
body to each Federal agency or Federal facility, such 
agency or facility shall report to the community moni-
toring body within 90 days whether it has designed and 
implemented a remedial action plan to address the rec-
ommendations, and transmit any such remedial action 
plan to the community monitoring body. The community 
monitoring body may publish its findings and rec-
ommendations on its website. 
‘‘(m) ACCESS
FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.—Rep-
resentatives of the news media, public defenders, Legal 
Orientation Program representatives, elected Federal, 
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State, and local representatives, and their designees, shall 
have the ability to— 
‘‘(1) make unannounced visits to Federal agen-
cies and Federal facilities and access every area of 
every Federal facility, except that access to enter the 
cell of a person incarcerated in the Federal facility 
shall only be granted with the consent of the person 
housed in that cell, and to enter a bathroom or 
shower area when such areas are unoccupied by peo-
ple incarcerated in the Federal facility; 
‘‘(2) receive in a timely manner, pursuant to 
the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), or 
any successor thereto, all requested data from every 
Federal agency that has people in its care or cus-
tody; and 
‘‘(3) correspond with and interview, with the 
ability to take notes and use electronic and other re-
cording devices, incarcerated persons freely, pri-
vately, and confidentially upon their consent. 
‘‘(n) INSPECTORS GENERAL.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to modify, supersede, or otherwise af-
fect the authority of any Inspector General to access all 
records, reports, audits, reviews, documents, papers, rec-
ommendations, or other materials, as authorized by law.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed by inserting after the item relating to section 4015 as 
added by section 3 the following: 
‘‘4016. Oversight.’’. 
SEC. 5. CREATING STATE INCENTIVES TO END SOLITARY 
CONFINEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 301 of title 18, United 
States Code, is further amended by inserting after section 
4016, as amended in section 4, the following: 
‘‘§ 4017. Creating State incentives to end solitary con-
finement 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any State or local entity receiv-
ing any Federal funds from section 500 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10151 et seq.) shall annually certify to the Attorney Gen-
eral with comprehensive documentation that the State or 
local entity has in effect (or shall have in effect, not later 
than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act) 
laws, policies, and programs that substantially comply 
with section 3 of this Act to fully and meaningfully end 
solitary confinement and ensure all people in the States’ 
and localities’ prisons, jails, and detention centers, have 
access to at least 14 hours of out-of-cell congregate inter-
action in a shared space, without physical barriers, that 
is conducive to meaningful group interaction. 
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‘‘(b) PENALTY.—Beginning in the first fiscal year 
that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, in the 
case of a State or local entity that is not in substantial 
compliance with section 3 of the End Solitary Confine-
ment Act, or an amendment made by such Act, the Attor-
ney General shall reduce by at least 10 percent the total 
amount that such State or unit of local government would 
otherwise receive from section 500 of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 
et seq.), except that funding for public defenders, commu-
nity-based mental health care, community-based drug 
treatment, community-based violence interruption, and 
other similar community-based non-carceral and non-po-
licing services shall be exempted from any reductions.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed by inserting after the item relating to section 4016 as 
added by section 4 the following: 
‘‘4017. Creating State incentives to end solitary confinement.’’. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 301 of title 18, United 
States Code, is further amended by inserting after section 
401,7 as amended in section 5, the following: 
‘‘§ 4018. Certain definitions. 
‘‘In sections 4015, 4016, and 4017: 
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‘‘(1) ALTERNATIVE
UNIT.—The term ‘alter-
native unit’ means any unit that is separate from 
the general facility population or is in any way more 
restrictive than the general facility population in 
terms of access to programming, services, or other 
aspects of daily life. 
‘‘(2) ATTEMPTING.—The term ‘attempting’ 
means having the intent to carry out a particular act 
and completing significant steps in the advancement 
of the attempt. Evidence of withdrawal or abandon-
ment of a plan to carry out the act shall negate a 
finding of intent. 
‘‘(3) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘Federal 
agency’ means the Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department 
of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, Office of Refugee Resettlement, United 
States Marshals Service, Department of Health and 
Human Services, any other Federal agency that has 
people in its care or custody, and any Federal, 
State, local, or private entity that has contracted 
with any of these or other Federal agencies for hold-
ing or providing services to people in their care or 
custody. 
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‘‘(4) FEDERAL FACILITY.—The term ‘Federal 
facility’ means a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility, 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facil-
ity, Department of Homeland Security facility, U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection facility, Office of 
Refugee Resettlement facility, United States Mar-
shals Service facility, Department of Health and 
Human Services facility, any other facility operated 
by a Federal agency that has people in its care or 
custody, and any Federal, State, local, or private fa-
cility that has contracted with any Federal agencies 
for incarcerating people in their care or custody or 
providing services to incarcerated people in their 
care or custody. 
‘‘(5) HEALTH CARE STAFF.—The term ‘health 
care staff’ means people who are employed, con-
tracted, or volunteer to provide medical, mental, and 
behavioral health care services at a Federal facility. 
‘‘(6) INCARCERATED.—The term ‘incarcerated’ 
means being held in a Federal facility for any rea-
son. 
‘‘(7) MENTAL HEALTH NEED.—The term ‘men-
tal health need’ means having any current mental 
health diagnosis by any medical or mental health 
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professional, or having had any such mental health 
diagnosis in the previous two years. 
‘‘(8) MULTIDISCIPLINARY
TEAM.—The term 
‘multidisciplinary team’ means a group of staff or 
other people working or operating in a Federal facil-
ity who have different professional backgrounds and 
roles in the facility, and which shall include program 
and health care staff. 
‘‘(9) PLACEMENT HEARING.—The term ‘place-
ment hearing’ means an administrative hearing to 
determine whether a person may be placed in an al-
ternative unit in a Federal facility. 
‘‘(10) PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.—The term ‘pro-
tective custody’ means any housing of a person for 
their own protection. 
‘‘(11) 
REPRESENTATIVE
OF
THE
NEWS 
MEDIA.—The term ‘representative of the news 
media’ means any person or entity that gathers in-
formation of potential interest to a segment of the 
public, uses its editorial skills to turn the raw mate-
rials into a distinct work, and distributes that work 
to an audience. 
‘‘(12) SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT.—The term 
‘solitary confinement’ means being confined in a cell 
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or other space without access to meaningful group 
interaction in a shared space. 
‘‘(13) SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES.— 
The term ‘special administrative measures’ means 
the special administrative measures under section 
501.3 of title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
or any successor thereto. 
‘‘(14) SUPERVISORY MEDICAL PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘supervisory medical provider’ means a prac-
ticing doctor, nurse practitioner, or physician assist-
ant who has supervisory responsibilities over other 
medical staff in a Federal facility.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed by inserting after the item relating to section 4018 as 
added by section 5 the following: 
‘‘4018. Certain definitions.’’. 
SEC. 7. REMOVAL OF LIMITATION ON RECOVERY ON CER-
TAIN SUITS BY INCARCERATED PEOPLE. 
Section 7(e) of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized 
Persons Act (42 U.S.C. 1997e(e)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON RECOVERY.—No Federal civil 
action may be brought by a prisoner confined in a jail, 
prison, or other correctional facility, for mental or emo-
tional injury suffered while in custody without a prior 
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showing of physical injury, the commission of a sexual act 
(as defined in section 2246 of title 18), or placement in 
solitary confinement or an alternative unit (as defined in 
section 4015 of title 18).’’. 
SEC. 8. REVISIONS TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCE-
DURES AND STANDARDS. 
Each Federal agency shall incorporate the require-
ments of this Act into the relevant standards and proce-
dures governing confinement and shall monitor compliance 
with the requirements of this Act. 
SEC. 9. APPROPRIATIONS AND PROHIBITION ON USE OF 
FUNDS. 
No sums appropriated to carry out the provisions of 
this Act may be used for any— 
(1) Buildings and Facilities Appropriations for 
the Bureau of Prisons; 
(2) Procurement, Construction, and Improve-
ments Appropriations for the Department of Home-
land Security, including Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection; 
(3) Constructions Appropriations for the U.S. 
Marshal Service; Buildings and Facilities Appropria-
tions for the Department of Health and Human 
Services, including the Administration for Children 
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and Families and the Office of Refugee Resettle-
ment; 
(4) Federal agency to construct facilities where 
people will be incarcerated or to construct or ren-
ovate buildings or spaces within facilities where peo-
ple are or will be incarcerated; and 
(5) Federal agency to construct, install, or in-
troduce any weapons, any objects or devices or 
mechanisms restricting a person’s or people’s move-
ment in any way, or any other objects or mecha-
nisms that limit movement or create more restrictive 
environments. 
SEC. 10. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or the application thereof 
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remain-
der of this Act, or the application of that provision to per-
sons or circumstances other than those as to which it is 
held invalid, is not affected thereby. 
SEC. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take full effect no later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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