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Assembly Bill A1208

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to personal phone calls for inmates in certain circumstances

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2017-A1208 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8646
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §137, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9745, S7631
2015-2016: A4620, S985
2019-2020: A2285, S1850

2017-A1208 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to personal phone calls for inmates in certain circumstances.

2017-A1208 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1208
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC, BARRON, BLAKE, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, MOSLEY,
   O'DONNELL, PICHARDO, QUART, STIRPE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.
   COLTON,  COOK,  CRESPO,  DAVILA, LUPARDO, PERRY, RIVERA, SIMON -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to personal phone  calls
   for inmates in certain circumstances
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section  137  of  the  correction  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
   (G)  WITHIN  TWENTY-FOUR  HOURS  OF DISCIPLINARY CONFINEMENT, KEEPLOCK
 PENDING A DISCIPLINARY HEARING, OR PLACEMENT IN A SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT
 UNIT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, AND AT  MONTHLY  INTERVALS  THEREAFTER
 FOR  THE  DURATION  OF SUCH CONFINEMENT, AN INMATE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO
 MAKE AT LEAST ONE PERSONAL PHONE CALL, EXCEPT WHEN TO DO SO WOULD CREATE
 AN UNACCEPTABLE RISK TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF INMATES OR STAFF.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01165-01-7

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