FL S0206

Prohibits solitary confinement (more than 22 hours per day in isolation) for all inmates and restricts restrictive confinement (more than 20 hours per day in isolation) to exigent circumstances only, with a maximum of 15 consecutive days or 20 days within a 60-day period.

Requires inmates in restrictive confinement to receive at least 4 hours of out-of-cell time daily, meaningful programming, mental health evaluations every 24 hours, and removal within 24 hours if a mental health professional determines continued confinement poses serious harm risk.

Prohibits restrictive confinement for youths (under 18), young adults (18-21), and inmates with serious mental illness, intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, pregnancy, or postpartum status unless all de-escalation options are exhausted; limits youth/young adult confinement to 3 hours maximum with hourly mental health professional review.

Requires facilities to maintain records of restrictive confinement use, wardens to review records monthly and report to the Department of Law Enforcement monthly, and inmates to receive multidisciplinary staff committee review within 72 hours of placement.

Directs the Department of Corrections, sheriffs, and Department of Juvenile Justice to adopt rules compliant with these confinement restrictions; effective July 1, 2022.