SB389: Bill Text

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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE

2017 Senate BILL 389

August 10, 2017 - Introduced by Senators L. Taylor, Carpenter, Larson, Miller, Risser and Vinehout, cosponsored by Representatives Young, Crowley, Bowen, Fields, Berceau, Goyke, Ohnstad, Pope, Subeck, C. Taylor, Wachs and Zepnick. Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.

SB389,1,2 An Act to create 301.203 of the statutes; relating to: solitary confinement of an inmate under 18 years of age.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits an inmate under 18 years of age from being held in solitary confinement. Under current law, an inmate of a prison or jail may be held in solitary confinement under the care and advice of a physician, but not over ten days, for violating the rules of the prison or jail.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB389,1 Section 1. 301.203 of the statutes is created to read:

SB389,1,6 301.203 Solitary confinement of inmates under 18 years of age. Notwithstanding ss. 302.10 and 302.40, an inmate under 18 years of age may not be held in solitary confinement.

SB389,1,7 (End)