| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
| May 16, 2013 |
referred to crime victims, crime and correction |
Senate Bill S5413
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee
Actions
2013-S5413 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S5413 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to permanently terminate the conjugal visit program, commonly known as the family reunion program; further directs such commissioner to prohibit the establishment of any program designed to provide selected inmates and their families the opportunity to privately meet for an extended period of time.
2013-S5413 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5413
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to the
commissioner of the department of correction's power to permanently
terminate the conjugal visit program, referred to as the family
reunion program
PURPOSE: This legislation would eliminate conjugal visits in New York
State correctional facilities by removing the power of the
Commissioner of Corrections to regulate the Family Reunion Program.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS; § 1 amends section 146 of the correction law.
JUSTIFICATION: In the 2010 New York State budget, then Governor
Paterson proposed $800,000 for conjugal visit trailers at Five points
Correctional Facility. The State of New York cannot reward its most
hardened criminals -criminals who have committed violent and serious
crimes - with conjugal visits.
During these difficult economic times, we must critically examine
every taxpayer dollar that New York State spends in order to find
areas for potential savings. The Family Reunion Program is a costly
and unnecessary prisoner luxury that New York can no longer afford in
this difficult budget year. There is surely a greater need for this
funding elsewhere to maintain critical services for our families and
seniors or to provide much needed property tax relief for homeowners.
2013-S5413 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5413
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 16, 2013
___________
Introduced by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- 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 the commissioner of
the department of correction's power to permanently terminate the
conjugal visit program, referred to as the family reunion program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 146 of the correction law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PERMANENTLY TERMINATE THE CONJUGAL VISIT
PROGRAM REFERRED TO AS THE FAMILY REUNION PROGRAM SET FORTH IN PART TWO
HUNDRED TWENTY OF TITLE SEVEN OF THE NEW YORK CODE, RULES AND REGU-
LATIONS. SUCH COMMISSIONER SHALL FURTHER PROHIBIT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
ANY PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SELECTED INMATES AND THEIR FAMILIES THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET PRIVATELY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01566-01-3
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