CA SB733

Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to collect and track data on solitary confinement (also called restricted housing) including demographic information and types of offenses for which inmates are confined.

Mandates annual reporting to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2026, and each year thereafter regarding solitary confinement data collected pursuant to the law.

Specifies 18 data points to be collected, including inmate name, race, sex, age, mental health diagnoses, suicide attempts, self-harm incidents, appeals of placement decisions, and length of confinement.

Requires tracking of staffing ratios, number of solitary confinement units in use, types of similar placements such as lockdown and quarantine, and rehabilitative programs available to inmates.

Includes data collection on whether inmates received reductions in restrictive housing terms based on successful completion of rehabilitative programs.