Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act

H.R. 4124 · 113th Congress · Feb 28, 2014 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to ensure that juveniles adjudicated in Federal delinquency proceedings are not subject to solitary confinement while committed to juvenile facilities.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act”.

Sec. 2 Juveniles adjudicated in Federal delinquency proceedings not subject to solitary confinement while committed to juvenile facilities

Section 5039 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

by adding “No juvenile in Federal custody held in juvenile facilities may be subject to solitary confinement.” at the end of the second undesignated paragraph; and

(2)

by inserting after the second undesignated paragraph the following:

Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Juveniles adjudicated in Federal delinquency proceedings not subject to solitary confinement while committed to juvenile facilities

Cite this provision

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