Solitary Confinement

Department of Corrections and county sheriffs to provide every inmate being held in a state correctional institution or county house of correction with three hours per week of outdoor time, unless the inmate is being held in the Milwaukee secure detention facility, in which case the three-hour per week requirement does not apply until the inmate's 91st day of holding at that institution.

NPAP is proud to support the End Solitary Confinement Act (ESCA), a robust piece of federal legislation introduced by Congresswoman Cori Bush, in partnership with Reps. Jamaal Bowman, Adriano Espaillat, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Rashida Tlaib, and Bonnie Watson Coleman, that would:

Specifying requirements for and limitations and restrictions on the use of restrictive housing; providing documentation requirements for staff members directly involved in using restrictive housing for an individual; specifying conditions required in restrictive housing, etc.

Requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct an annual study on the use of restrictive housing for all prisoners in the state correctional system; specifying the types of restrictive housing placements to be studied; requiring that the annual study include specified data per certain age groups and categories as it relates to the uses of restrictive housing, to include the frequency and duration, demographic information, the conditions of restrictive housing, mental health, economic data, and program questions, etc.