3.0.0 1965 2023-01-11T13:29:58Z 2023-01-11T13:29:58Z Senate S 2015-08-05 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-08-05T19:46:30Z REDEEM Act 114 1672 HR 2015-04-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. Related bill CRS Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015 114 675 S 2015-03-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 114 2123 S 2015-10-26 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 279. Related bill CRS 2015-08-05 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6387-6388) IntroReferral 2015-08-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2015-08-05 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2015-08-05 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2015-08-05 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2015-09-09 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2015-09-09 False Crime and Law Enforcement Child health Child safety and welfare Correctional facilities and imprisonment Detention of persons Juvenile crime and gang violence Mental health Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2015-08-05 Introduced in Senate 2015-11-24T16:49:19Z Maintaining dignity and Eliminating unnecessary Restrictive Confinement of Youths Act of 2015 or the MERCY Act

Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the use of room confinement at a juvenile facility for discipline, punishment, retaliation, or any reason other than as a temporary response to a covered juvenile's behavior that poses a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to any individual, including such juvenile.

Defines: (1) "room confinement" as the involuntary placement of a juvenile alone in a cell, room, or other area; and (2) "covered juvenile" as a juvenile who is being proceeded against for an alleged act of juvenile delinquency or who has been adjudicated delinquent under such provisions, or who is being proceeded against as an adult in U.S. district court for an alleged criminal offense.

Requires a staff member of a juvenile facility: (1) before placing a covered juvenile in room confinement, to attempt to use less restrictive techniques, including talking with the juvenile in an attempt to de-escalate the situation; and (2) upon deciding to place such juvenile in room confinement, to inform the juvenile of the reasons for the confinement and that release will occur immediately when the juvenile regains self-control or otherwise within either 3 hours if the juvenile poses a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to others or 30 minutes if the juvenile poses a risk of physical harm only to himself or herself.

Requires that if a covered juvenile continues to pose a serious and immediate risk of physical harm after the applicable maximum period of confinement has expired: (1) the juvenile shall be transferred to another juvenile facility or internal location where services can be provided without relying on room confinement; or (2) if a qualified mental health professional believes the level of crisis service needed is not currently available, a staff member of the juvenile facility shall initiate a referral to a location that can meet the juvenile's needs.

Prohibits the use of consecutive periods of room confinement to evade the spirit and purpose of this Act.

]]> MERCY Act Display Title MERCY Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to place restrictions on the use of solitary confinement for juveniles in Federal custody. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced MERCY Act Short Titles as Introduced Maintaining dignity and Eliminating unnecessary Restrictive Confinement of Youths Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1965is/xml/BILLS-114s1965is.xml 2015-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6387-6388) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.