have different professional backgrounds and roles in the facility, and which shall include program and health care staff. (9) Placement hearing The term placement hearing means an administrative hearing to determine whether a person may be placed in an alternative unit in a Federal facility. (10) Protective custody The term protective custody means any housing of a person for their own protection. (11) Representative of the news media The term representative of the news media means any person or entity that gathers information of potential interest to a segment of the public, uses its editorial skills to turn the raw materials into a distinct work, and distributes that work to an audience. (12) Solitary confinement The term solitary confinement means being confined in a cell or other space without access to meaningful group interaction in a shared space. (13) Special administrative measures The term special administrative measures means the special administrative measures under section 501.3 of title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto. (14) Supervisory medical provider The term supervisory medical provider means a practicing doctor, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant who has supervisory responsibilities over other medical staff in a Federal facility. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents for chapter 301 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4018 as added by section 5 the following: 4018. Certain definitions. . 7. Removal of limitation on recovery on certain suits by incarcerated people Section 7(e) of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1997e(e) ) is amended to read as follows: (e) Limitation on recovery No Federal civil action may be brought by a prisoner confined in a jail, prison, or other correctional facility, for mental or emotional injury suffered while in custody without a prior showing of physical injury, the commission of a sexual act (as defined in section 2246 of title 18), or