SB 228 Florida Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Youth in Solitary Confinement

Summary
Youth in Solitary Confinement; Creating the "Youth in Solitary Confinement Reduction Act"; prohibiting the Department of Corrections or a local governmental body from subjecting youth prisoners to solitary confinement except under certain circumstances; providing for an individualized suicide crisis intervention plan for certain youth prisoners, if applicable; requiring the department and the board of county commissioners of each county that administers a detention facility or jail to review their policies relating to youth prisoners to evaluate whether the policies are necessary, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2020 Last action Mar 14, 2020
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Committee
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Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Sep 19, 2019
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Photo of Perry E. Thurston, Jr.
Perry E. Thurston, Jr.
DDemocratic
FL
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