End Solitary Confinement Act

Summary

Prohibits prolonged and many uses of solitary confinement in federal custody, establishes minimum standards for placement, review, treatment, and data reporting, and creates civil and administrative remedies and oversight. It requires federal agencies to update policies, creates an independent community monitoring body and an Inspector General advisory group, conditions certain federal law-enforcement grant funds on state/local compliance, and requires Congress to appropriate funds to implement the law while barring use of those funds for new construction or devices that increase confinement.

• Establishes federal minimum standards to sharply restrict and largely end prolonged solitary confinement in federal custody.
• Prohibits solitary for juveniles and imposes pregnancy-related and disability-sensitive restrictions and protections.
• Requires individualized review, least-restrictive placement, regular review, and provision of services during any authorized nonpunitive segregation.
• Creates an independent community monitoring body with unannounced access, confidentiality protections, and anti-retaliation rules; requires DOJ OIG advisory input and annual reports.
• Conditions Edward Byrne JAG subpart 1 grant funding on state/local compliance, with at least a 10% reduction for noncompliance (with exemptions for certain community services).
• Requires federal agencies to update confinement policies, collect and publicly report segregation data, and adopt trauma-informed procedures.
• Amends federal prisoner civil suit law to allow emotional‑injury claims tied to placement in solitary confinement or alternative units.
• Requires congressional appropriations to implement the law but bars using those funds for construction or procurement that would increase confinement or restrictive devices.
• Sets implementation deadlines (effectiveness within 60 days and other agency deadlines) and provides civil and administrative remedies for violations.