Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act

Bill: 114-hr-2823
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2015-06-18
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare

Congressional oversight

Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Detention of persons

Juvenile crime and gang violence
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-06-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act </b></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit solitary confinement for juveniles in federal custody at juvenile facilities. </p> <p>The legislation requires the Board of Prisons to submit an annual report to the President and Congress that summarizes and analyzes data regarding the rate of juvenile solitary confinement and trends demonstrated by an analysis of each incarcerated juvenile's offense, race, gender, age, hours of solitary confinement, and purpose of solitary confinement. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2823 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 18, 2015 Mr. Cárdenas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to ensure that juveniles adjudicated in Federal delinquency proceedings are not subject to solitary confinement while committed to juvenile facilities.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act . 2. Juveniles adjudicated in Federal delinquency proceedings not subject to solitary confinement while committed to juvenile facilities Section 5039 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by adding No juvenile in Federal custody held in juvenile facilities may be subject to solitary confinement. at the end of the second undesignated paragraph; and (2) by inserting after the second undesignated paragraph the following: Not later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Director of the Board of Prisons shall submit to the President and Congress a report with respect to the preceding fiscal year. The report shall contain a detailed summary and analysis of the most recent data regarding the rate at which juveniles are subject to solitary confinement and the trends demonstrated by the data described in the next sentence. The data referred to in the preceding sentence are, for each juvenile who was subject to solitary confinement during the period to which the report pertains, the types of offenses for which the juvenile is incarcerated, the race, gender, and age of the juvenile, how many hours the juvenile was subject to solitary confinement; and the purpose for the solitary confinement. .