| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
| Jul 16, 2009 |
committed to rules |
| May 20, 2009 |
advanced to third reading |
| May 19, 2009 |
2nd report cal. |
| May 18, 2009 |
1st report cal.351 |
| Apr 27, 2009 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S5037
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D) Senate District
2009-S5037 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §114, Cor L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2011-2012:
S3283
2013-2014: S3316
2015-2016: S3817
2017-2018: S3498
2009-S5037 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires that rehabilitation programs for female inmates in state correctional facilities be equivalent to those provided to male inmates of correctional facilities elsewhere in the state; provides that such rehabilitation programs shall include, but not be limited to, vocational, academic and industrial programs.
2009-S5037 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5037
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the correction law, in relation to
assuring rehabilitation programs for female inmates equivalent to
programs afforded male inmates
PURPOSE OF BILL : To extend to the female inmate population,
anywhere in the State, the same opportunity to participate in programs
of rehabilitation that are afforded to the male inmate population,
thereby increasing the skills available to these women, while
incarcerated, for which they may train to seek employment upon their
release.
EFFECTS OF PRESENT LAW WHICH THIS BILL WOULD ALTER : Adds new §111
to the Correction Law.
JUSTIFICATION :; Women are now entering non-traditional occupations
in great numbers, such as construction and building maintenance. Such
work can be a major route out of poverty and help end recidivism for
women, inasmuch as the wages for such work are greater than wages
earned by women in traditionally female occupations.
Many of the vocational and industrial programs offered to men train
them to work in these occupations upon release. Without the
appropriate skills, women will have more difficulty competing for
those jobs upon their release from incarceration. This legislation
2009-S5037 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5037
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 27, 2009
___________
Introduced by Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,
Crime and Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to assuring rehabili-
tation programs for female inmates equivalent to programs afforded
male inmates
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 114
to read as follows:
S 114. REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN; TO BE COMMENSURATE TO THOSE
AFFORDED MEN. IN ANY STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN WHICH WOMEN ARE
DETAINED IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE WARDEN OR THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICER OF SUCH FACILITY TO ASSURE THAT SUCH WOMEN BE PROVIDED EQUIV-
ALENT PROGRAMS OF REHABILITATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO VOCA-
TIONAL, ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMS, WITHIN THE APPROPRIATION MADE
THEREFOR, AS ARE PROVIDED TO MALE INMATES OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law; provided that the commissioner of correctional
services is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations
and take any other measures necessary to implement the provisions of
this act on its effective date on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06410-01-9
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