It has to do with the number of hours, in the sense that administrative segregation, or what is called
solitary confinement
is defined by United Nations as 22 hours or more. In this case, we are talking about 20 hours.
It is worthwhile noting that nothing in the bill concerns solitary confinement that cannot currently be used by the CSC, which does not need the bill to do everything set out in it.
The CSC has already reduced that length from 23 hours to 22 hours, and it can reduce it even further to 20 hours, simply by adopting a policy on that. It does not need a bill to do so. It can be much more dynamic by providing programs to get inmates out of that more restrictive environment. It can also provide mental health care. All that is at its discretion, and it can already do so without the bill.