Sec. 10. Prohibition on solitary confinement
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An individual in the custody of the Department may not be placed in solitary confinement. In this section, the term solitary confinement means— in the case of an individual who is older than 21 years of age, the state of being confined to the individual’s cell, alone or with a cellmate, for more than 22 hours during a 24-hour period, with very limited out-of-cell time and severely restricted activity, movement, and social interaction whether pursuant to disciplinary, administrative, or classification action; and in the case of an individual who is 21 years of age or younger, involuntary confinement alone in a cell, room, or other area for a period greater than 3 hours.