The bill requires the department of corrections to review the status of all offenders held in long-term isolated confinement within 90 days after the effective date of the bill. If the review determines that the offender is seriously mentally ill, the department shall move the offender from long-term isolated confinement to a mental health step-down unit, a prison mental hospital, or other appropriate housing that does not include long-term isolated confinement. The department may not place a seriously mentally ill offender in long-term isolated confinement and must do a mental health evaluation prior to placing an inmate in long-term isolated confinement prior to placement to determine whether the placement is allowed.
The bill dictates the type and manner that discipline is applied to seriously mentally ill inmates. The bill provides seriously mentally ill inmates with the opportunity for therapy and out-of-cell time.
Year
2014
Current status
- 05/07/2014 - Sent to the Governor
- 04/29/2014 - Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- 04/22/2014 - House Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations
- 04/14/2014 - Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
- 04/14/2014 - Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- 04/11/2014 - Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
- 04/09/2014 - Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
- 03/10/2014 - Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations
- 01/14/2014 - Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary
