A7414 · 2025–2026
Prohibits segregated confinement of children in a detention facility
In committee Correction Committee
The 'Keep Kids Out of Solitary Confinement Act.' Prohibits placing a child in segregated confinement in a detention facility, defining segregated confinement as cell confinement for more than 17 hours a day (except during a facility-wide emergency or for medical or mental-health treatment). (Auto-generated summary)
Official record
Official summary · NYS Open LegislationProhibits segregated confinement of children in a detention facility; defines segregated confinement.
What it does: AN ACT to amend the family court act and the executive law, in relation to prohibiting segregated confinement of children in a detention facility
Legislative history
- 2025-03-25Assembly: REFERRED TO CORRECTION
- 2026-01-07Assembly: REFERRED TO CORRECTION