HB 1291 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Correctional facilities; prohibits use of isolated confinement.

Summary
Correctional facilities; use of isolated confinement. Prohibits the use of isolated confinement in state correctional facilitiesand juvenile correctional centers, subject to certain exceptions.Isolated confinement is defined in the bill as confinement of a prisoneror juvenile to a cell, alone or with another prisoner or juvenile,for 20 hours or more per day for an adult or for 17 hours or moreper day for a juvenile, other than for the purpose of providing medicalor mental health treatment. The bill has a delayed effective dateof July 1, 2023.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2022 Last action Feb 15, 2022
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Committee
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Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2022
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 22103591D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Cliff Hayes
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