Sec. 5. Creating State incentives to end solitary confinement
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Chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code, is further amended by inserting after section 4016, as amended in section 4, the following: Any State or local entity receiving any Federal funds from section 500 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq. ) shall annually certify to the Attorney General with comprehensive documentation that the State or local entity has in effect (or shall have in effect, not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act) laws, policies, and programs that substantially comply with section 3 of this Act to fully and meaningfully end solitary confinement and ensure all people in the States’ and localities’ prisons, jails, and detention centers, have access to at least 14 hours of out-of-cell congregate interaction in a shared space, without physical barriers, that is conducive to meaningful group interaction.
Beginning in the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act, in the case of a State or local entity that is not in substantial compliance with section 3 of the End Solitary Confinement Act, or an amendment made by such Act, the Attorney General shall reduce by at least 10 percent the total amount that such State or unit of local government would otherwise receive from section 500 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq. ), except that funding for public defenders, community-based mental health care, community-based drug treatment, community-based violence interruption, and other similar community-based non-carceral and non-policing services shall be exempted from any reductions. .
The table of contents for chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4016 as added by section 4 the following: 4017. Creating State incentives to end solitary confinement. .
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