Sec. 5. Creating State incentives to end solitary confinement
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Chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by sections 3 and 4 of this Act, is further amended by inserting after section 4016, as added by section 4 of this Act, the following: Each State or local entity that receives any Federal funds under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq. ) (commonly known as the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program ) 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 180 days after the date of enactment of this section) laws, policies, and programs that substantially comply with section 4015 to fully and meaningfully end solitary confinement and ensure all people in the prisons, jails, and detention centers of the State or locality have access to not less than 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 section, in the case of a State or local entity that is not in substantial compliance with section 4015, or an amendment made by the End Solitary Confinement Act , the Attorney General shall reduce by not less than 10 percent the total amount that such State or unit of local government would otherwise receive under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq. ) (commonly known as the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program ), 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, as amended by sections 3 and 4 of this Act, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4016, as added by section 4 of this Act, the following: 4017. Creating State incentives to end solitary confinement. .
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