| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
| Feb 01, 2013 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S3369
2013-2014 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, WF) 28th Senate District
(D) Senate District
2013-S3369 (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:
-
2009-2010:
S5993
2011-2012: S3913
2015-2016: S3816
2013-S3369 (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.
2013-S3369 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3369
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 rehabili-
tation that are afforded to the male inmate population, thereby increas-
ing 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 § 114 to
the Correction Law.
JUSTIFICATION: There is a disparity in the types and numbers of voca-
tional and industrial Programs and classes accessible to women inmates
during their incarceration as compared to those accessible to male
inmates. Far fewer vocational programs are offered in state correction-
al facilities for women as compared to men and the ones offered include
traditionally female occupations. Far fewer industrial training shops
are offered in female facilities as compared to male facilities/ Where
programs are available in women facilities, there are long wait lists
such that those signed up may be released without having an opportunity
to gain the skills they signed up for. Women are now entering non-tradi-
tional occupations in great numbers, such as construction and building
2013-S3369 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3369
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 1, 2013
___________
Introduced by Sens. HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY -- 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. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL TAKE
STEPS TO ENSURE, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PRACTICABLE WITHIN AVAILABLE
APPROPRIATIONS, THAT PROGRAMS OF REHABILITATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO VOCATIONAL, ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMS, IN ALL CORREC-
TIONAL FACILITIES IN WHICH WOMEN ARE DETAINED ARE COMPARABLE TO SUCH
PROGRAMS PROVIDED TO MALE INMATES AND ARE DESIGNED TO ASSIST INMATES TO
OBTAIN STABLE AND GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT UPON RELEASE.
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.
LBD06409-01-3
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