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HR 4124 113th Congress House Crime and Law Enforcement Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Detention of persons Juvenile crime and gang violence

Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act

Introduced: February 28, 2014 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 16, 2014
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Feb 28, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 28, 2014
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit subjecting a juvenile in federal custody in a juvenile facility to solitary confinement.

Requires the Director of the Board of Prisons to report annually to the President and Congress on: (1) the most recent data regarding the rate at which juveniles are subject to solitary confinement; and (2) the trends demonstrated by data on juveniles subjected to solitary confinement with regard to the types of offenses for which the juveniles were incarcerated, the race, gender, and age of such juveniles, how many hours such juveniles were subject to solitary confinement, and the purposes of the solitary confinement.

What's happening now April 16, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4