US Congress House Bill 4124 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-04-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit subjecting a juvenile in federal custody in a juvenile facility to solitary confinement. Requires the Director of the Board of Prisons to report annually to the President and Congress on: (1) the most recent data regarding the rate at which juveniles are subject to solitary confinement; and (2) the trends demonstrated by data on juveniles subjected to solitary confinement with regard to the types of offenses for which the juveniles were incarcerated, the race, gender, and age of such juveniles, how many hours such juveniles were subject to solitary confinement, and the purposes of the solitary confinement.

Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act

Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-04-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2014-02-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4124/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4124/BILLS-113hr4124ih.pdf