FILE – In this Aug. 4, 2009 photo, Colorado Senator Morgan Carroll speaks during a hearing at the Capitol in Denver, Colo., Carroll and and Rep. Claire Levy want to limit the number of mentally ill inmates who are placed in solitary confinement. The lawmakers say their bill is needed to lower the recidivism rate for inmates with mental health problems who are placed in solitary confinement. The Senate bill would require state prisons to have a physician evaluate inmates with mental illnesses before they’re placed in solitary confinement. The bill gets its first hearing Monday. But the Department of Corrections opposes the bill. It says solitary confinement is used appropriately to protect the prison population. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)