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Assembly Bill A9885A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to contraband screening at correctional facilities

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2017-A9885 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7582
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §112, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6318, S162
2021-2022: A5058, S2594
2023-2024: A5388, S2940
2025-2026: A6258, S3087

2017-A9885 - Summary

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish contraband screening at correctional facilities.

2017-A9885 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9885
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Correction
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to contraband  screening
   at correctional facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A CONTRABAND SCREENING PLAN WHICH
 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) THE RANDOM SELECTION AND SEARCH OF VISITORS' VEHICLES UPON  ENTER-
 ING A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY'S GROUNDS;
   (B) THE USE OF A LEASHED AND CONTROLLED CANINE AT THE ENTRANCE OF EACH
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY  AT  A MINIMUM OF TWELVE FACILITIES PER WEEK ON A
 RANDOM, BUT ROTATING BASIS TO ENSURE ALL FACILITIES ARE INCLUDED;
   (C) THE SEARCH OF VISITORS ENTERING THE FACILITY WHICH SHALL  INCLUDE,
 BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED TO, ELECTRONIC SEARCHES, IMAGING SCANNING SEARCHES
 PROVIDED SUCH IMAGE SCANNING DEVICES DO NOT USE BACKSCATTER  TECHNOLOGY,
 PAT SEARCHES AND VISUAL SEARCHES; AND
   (D) THE TRAINING OF STAFF ON UP TO DATE AND CURRENT CONTRABAND SCREEN-
 ING PROCEDURES.
   (E) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF SUCH CONTRABAND SCREENING
 PLAN  AS  WELL  AS  THE  PRIOR  YEAR'S PLAN INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 RESULTS OF THE CANINE ASSIGNMENTS, RESULTS OF THE  SEARCH  OF  VISITORS'
 VEHICLES,  NUMBER  OF  ATTEMPTS  TO PROMOTE CONTRABAND AND THE NUMBER OF
 URINE TESTS WITH RESULTS CONDUCTED STATEWIDE IN  EACH  FACILITY  TO  THE
 LEGISLATURE BY DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST EACH YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14205-03-8

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2017-A9885A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7582
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §112, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6318, S162
2021-2022: A5058, S2594
2023-2024: A5388, S2940
2025-2026: A6258, S3087

2017-A9885A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish contraband screening at correctional facilities.

2017-A9885A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9885--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WOERNER, PALMESANO -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Correction --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to contraband screening
   at correctional facilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  112 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A CONTRABAND SCREENING PLAN  WHICH
 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) THE USE OF A LEASHED AND CONTROLLED CANINE TRAINED TO DETECT ILLE-
 GAL  DRUGS AT THE ENTRANCE OF EACH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY AT A MINIMUM OF
 TWELVE FACILITIES PER WEEK, PROVIDED SUCH MINIMUM SHALL BE  RECALCULATED
 BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  IF  ANY  CORRECTIONAL  FACILITIES ARE CLOSED ON A
 RANDOM BUT ROTATING BASIS TO ENSURE ALL FACILITIES ARE INCLUDED;
   (B) THE SEARCH OF VISITORS, CORRECTIONAL STAFF, BAGS AND  OTHER  ITEMS
 ENTERING  THE  FACILITY  WHICH MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ELEC-
 TRONIC SEARCHES, METAL DETECTORS, PAT SEARCHES, VISUAL SEARCHES OF  ORAL
 CAVITIES,   AND   ANY  OTHER  LEGAL  TECHNOLOGY  AT  THE  COMMISSIONER'S
 DISCRETION; AND
   (C) THE TRAINING OF STAFF ON UP TO DATE AND CURRENT CONTRABAND SCREEN-
 ING PROCEDURES.
   (D) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF SUCH CONTRABAND SCREENING
 PLAN AS WELL AS THE PRIOR YEAR'S  PLAN  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO
 RESULTS OF THE CANINE ASSIGNMENTS, NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS TO PROMOTE CONTRA-
 BAND AND THE NUMBER OF URINE TESTS AND THEIR RESULTS CONDUCTED STATEWIDE
 BY FACILITIES TO THE LEGISLATURE BY DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST EACH YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14205-06-8

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