Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-976-R1

Redraft EPS 976

Solitary Confinement Reporting

Ms. Creem, Messrs. Eldridge and Cyr moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 8900-0001, by inserting after the figure “2017”, in line 19, the following words:- "; provided further, that the department shall use a portion of the appropriated funds to prepare and make available to the public 2 reports on the use of solitary confinement, also known as segregation, in state prisons; provided further, that 1 of the reports shall cover the period from July 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017, inclusive, and 1 of the reports shall cover the period from January 1, 2018 to June 30, 2018, inclusive; provided further, that such reports shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the number of prisoners subject to solitary confinement; (ii) the length of time spent in solitary confinement; (iii) the number of prisoners with serious mental illness subject to solitary confinement; (iv) the number of prisoners 21 years of age or younger subject to solitary confinement; (v) the number of suicides of prisoners who were in or had spent time in solitary confinement; (vi) instances of force used by department personnel against prisoners in solitary confinement; (vii) the number of prisoners released directly into the community from solitary confinement or released into the community not more than 30 days after having been in solitary confinement; and (viii) the racial composition of prisoners subject to solitary confinement".