Eliminate the use of solitary confinement as a punishment and create alternative disciplinary measures tailored to individuals with serious mental illnesses. |
Eliminate the use of solitary confinement as a tactic to promote institutional security, except when there is no less restrictive option available to address a serious, imminent, and ongoing safety threat. |
If an individual must be segregated, then he or she should be confined in the least restrictive conditions possible, and protocols must be in place to return the individual to the general population once there is no longer a pressing threat. |
Individuals with serious mental illness must never be placed in solitary confinement. |
Juveniles must never be placed in solitary confinement, regardless of whether they are in adult or juvenile facilities. |
Segregating people for medical reasons should only take place upon direction of a physician and must take place in the least restrictive environment for the shortest duration possible. |
People who must be separated from the general population for their own protection must be placed in the least restrictive conditions possible. |