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Senate Bill S6725

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the establishment of an inmate visitation program

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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2017-S6725 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Add §114, Cor L

2017-S6725 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the establishment of an inmate visitation program, which gives inmates opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.

2017-S6725 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6725 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6725
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the establishment  of
   an inmate visitation program
 
   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:
   §  114.  INMATE VISITATION PROGRAM. 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE AN
 INMATE VISITATION PROGRAM WHICH GIVES INMATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL
 CONTACT WITH RELATIVES, FRIENDS, CLERGY, VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER PERSONS TO
 PROMOTE BETTER INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENT AND BETTER COMMUNITY  ADJUSTMENT
 UPON  RELEASE.  SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, (A)
 IN-PERSON VISITATION SEVEN DAYS A WEEK IN  GENERAL  CONFINEMENT  FACILI-
 TIES,  (B)  VISITING  HOURS  THAT  ARE  REASONABLY LIKELY TO ACCOMMODATE
 PERSONS TRAVELING FROM WITHIN THE STATE, (C) VISITS OF SUFFICIENT  DURA-
 TION  SO THAT VISITORS AND INMATES WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIP
 BONDS, (D) DESIGNATED AREAS ARRANGED  TO  PROVIDE  SUFFICIENT  SPACE  TO
 ACCOMMODATE  THE  LIKELY  NUMBER OF VISITS ON WEEKENDS WHILE MAINTAINING
 APPROPRIATE SECURITY, AND (E) A PUBLISHED OVERCROWDING  POLICY  THAT  IS
 EQUITABLE  WITH  DUE CONSIDERATION TO THE DISTANCE TRAVELED BY THE VISI-
 TOR.
   2. AREAS SHALL BE DESIGNATED  FOR  CONFIDENTIAL  MEETINGS  WHICH  WILL
 ENSURE THE PRIVACY OF CONVERSATIONS DURING PROFESSIONAL VISITS OF ATTOR-
 NEYS  OR  THEIR  DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
 NEWS MEDIA OR VISITING CLERGY.
   3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES TO ENSURE  THE  OBJECTIVE  OF
 THIS  PROGRAM  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ABILITY OF SUPERINTEN-
 DENTS TO MODIFY VISITING RULES TO ADJUST TO LOCAL  CONDITIONS  WITH  THE
 PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSIONER; HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENTAL OVERCROWD-
 ING POLICY SHALL NOT BE MODIFIED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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