HB1276

This bill creates new rules limiting when South Dakota juvenile facilities can use solitary confinement, allowing it only as a temporary response to behavior that poses serious immediate risk of harm to self or others—and prohibiting its use for punishment, discipline, administrative convenience, or retaliation. Every instance of solitary confinement must be immediately reviewed and approved by the facility director or highest-ranking supervisor present, and facilities must try less restrictive techniques first before resorting to isolation.

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