PA HB2059

Segregated confinement defined as isolation for more than 17 hours per day, limited to maximum 15 consecutive days and 45 days within any 180-day period, with inmates entitled to hearings within 72 hours of placement and reviews every 15 days

Vulnerable populations protected from segregated confinement without informed consent, including inmates under 21, over 55, pregnant, LGBTQ+, or those with disabilities; placement based solely on vulnerable status prohibited

Inmates in segregated confinement must receive at least 4 hours of congregate out-of-cell time daily (7 hours for those with disabilities), including 2 hours of recreation with 1 hour outdoors, plus access to educational and rehabilitative programming

Establishes Segregated Confinement Hearing Review Board consisting of a licensed psychologist/psychiatrist, mental health professional, and social worker to hear alleged misconduct cases against inmates during segregated confinement

Department of Corrections required to post quarterly public reports on segregated confinement use including demographic data, self-harm incidents, deaths, and assaults; Pennsylvania Prison Society designated to provide independent investigators for compliance monitoring