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Assembly Bill A1907

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the confinement of inmates under the age of eighteen

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2017-A1907 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4061
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §137, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7153, S374
2021-2022: S4497
2023-2024: S6001
2025-2026: S7215

2017-A1907 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the confinement of inmates under the age of eighteen who shall not be placed in segregated confinement for any reason.

2017-A1907 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1907
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to  the  confinement  of
   inmates under the age of eighteen
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 6 of  section  137  of
 the  correction  law,  as  amended  by chapter 1 of the laws of 2008, is
 amended to read as follows:
   Except as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this subdivision,  the
 superintendent  of  a  correctional  facility may keep any inmate, OTHER
 THAN INMATES UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS WHO SHALL NOT BE PLACED  IN
 SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT FOR ANY REASON, confined in a cell or room, apart
 from  the  accommodations  provided for inmates who are participating in
 programs of the facility, for such period as may be necessary for  main-
 tenance  of  order  or  discipline,  but  in any such case the following
 conditions shall be observed:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06817-01-7

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