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Bill to establish restrictive-housing oversight committee draws support and caution from DOC
Summary
House Bill 5927 would create an oversight committee to monitor the use of restrictive housing — commonly called solitary confinement — at the Department of Corrections, advocates and clinicians told the House Judiciary Committee.
House Bill 5927 would establish a restrictive-housing oversight committee to monitor the Department of Corrections’ use of restrictive housing (commonly called solitary confinement) and administrative confinement.
Supporters — including clinicians, advocates, and former incarcerated people — told the committee that solitary confinement causes severe mental-health harms and increases suicide risk. Hailey McKee, a witness with lived experience, said she still hears the screaming she…
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