SB 570 Florida Senate · 2021 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 the protection of youth prisoners held in emergency cell confinement; requiring that within a specified time and at specified intervals a mental health clinician perform a face-to-face evaluation of youth prisoners who are subjected to emergency cell confinement; providing for an individualized suicide crisis intervention plan for certain youth prisoners, if applicable, etc.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 2, 2021 Last action Apr 30, 2021
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Committee
1
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 21, 2021
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Criminal 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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