Model Legislation

The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015

A bi-partisan group of Senators introduced the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, legislation that limits the use of solitary confinement for youth in federal custody to situations in which the young person poses a serious and immediate threat of physical harm, and then only for brief periods of no more than three hours. The language in the Act is taken from the JDAI Standards. Click here to read the Act.

Model Juvenile Justice Stop Solitary Act (ACLU)