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On the recordApril 19, 2018
I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2724 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Solitary Confinement Reform Act''. SEC. 2. SOLITARY CONFINEMENT REFORMS. (a) Amendment.--Chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 4050. Solitary confinement ``(a) Definitions.--In this section: ``(1) Administrative maximum facility.--The term `administrative maximum facility' means a maximum-security facility, including the Administrative Maximum facility in Florence, Colorado, designed to house inmates who present an ongoing significant and serious threat to other inmates, staff, and the public. ``(2) Administrative segregation.--The term `administrative segregation' means a non-punitive form of solitary confinement that removes an individual from the general population of a correctional facility for-- ``(A) investigative, protective, or preventative reasons resulting in a substantial and immediate threat; or ``(B) transitional reasons, including a pending transfer, pending classification, or other temporary administrative matter.…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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govinfo.gov
Apr 19, 2018

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