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2023 SESSION
HB 2487 Correctional facilities; use of restorative housing.
Introduced by: Glenn Davis-Resigned 4/24 | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Correctional facilities; use of restorative housing. Prohibits the use of restorative housing, defined in the bill, in state correctional facilities, subject to certain exceptions. The bill requires that an incarcerated person who has been placed in restorative housing be offered a minimum of four hours of out-of-cell programmatic interventions or other congregate activities per day aimed at promoting personal development or addressing underlying causes of problematic behavior. The bill also requires the facility administrator to have a defined and publicly available policy and procedure for the process of transitioning an incarcerated person placed in restorative housing out of such housing and back to the general population of the facility. This bill is identical to SB 887.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Correctional facilities; use of restorative housing. Prohibits the use of restorative housing, defined in the bill, in state correctional facilities, subject to certain exceptions. The bill requires that an incarcerated person who has been placed in restorative housing be offered a minimum of four hours of out-of-cell programmatic interventions or other congregate activities per day aimed at promoting personal development or addressing underlying causes of problematic behavior. The bill also requires the facility administrator to have a defined and publicly available policy and procedure for the process of transitioning an incarcerated person placed in restorative housing out of such housing and back to the general population of the facility.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Correctional facilities; use of solitary confinement and restrictive housing. Prohibits the use of solitary confinement, defined in the bill, subject to certain exceptions, and restrictive housing, defined in the bill, in state correctional facilities. The bill provides that an incarcerated person may be placed in restorative housing, defined in the bill. The bill also requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to have a defined policy and procedure for the process of transitioning an incarcerated person placed in restorative housing out of such housing and back to the general population of the facility.