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Lawmakers and advocates debate oversight and limits for restrictive confinement at ACI
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Senators and witnesses debated Senate Bill 533 on April 3, a measure to codify limits and oversight for restrictive housing at Rhode Island correctional facilities.
The Senate Judiciary Committee took testimony April 3 on Senate Bill 533, the Restrictive Confinement Oversight Act, a proposal to establish statutory limits, procedures and an independent oversight committee for restrictive housing (often called solitary confinement) at Rhode Island correctional facilities.
Sponsor Sen. Acosta told the committee the bill seeks to formalize reforms already put in place administratively at the Department of Corrections and to codify protections — for example, limiting the length of restrictive confinement and setting minimum out-of-cell hours. "This bill would formalize some of the practices that are already taking place," Acosta said, adding the…
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