NY State Senate Bill 2017-S5682

Senate Bill S5682

Signed By Governor

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing telephone calls for inmates after transfer from correctional facilities

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Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Aug 21, 2017	signed chap.254
Aug 09, 2017	delivered to governor
Jun 15, 2017	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.153 substituted for a1730
Jun 14, 2017	referred to correction delivered to assembly passed senate
May 22, 2017	ordered to third reading cal.1071 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 16, 2017	reported and committed to finance
Apr 25, 2017	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Votes

- Jun 14, 2017 - Floor Vote
  S5682
  
  54
  
  Aye
  
  9
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 14, 2017
      
      aye (54)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      nay (9)
      
      Akshar
      
      Croci
      
      Felder
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Jacobs
      
      Ortt
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Young
  May 22, 2017 - Rules Committee Vote
  S5682
  
  23
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: May 22, 2017
      
      aye (23)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hannon
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Griffo
      
      LaValle
  May 16, 2017 - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote
  S5682
  
  8
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  5
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote: May 16, 2017
      
      aye (8)
      
      Bailey
      
      Gallivan
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Little
      
      Montgomery
      
      Rivera
      
      aye wr (5)
      
      Akshar
      
      Griffo
      
      Helming
      
      Ritchie
      
      Tedisco

2017-S5682 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1730
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §23, Cor L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:: A9210

2017-S5682 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing telephone calls for inmates after transfer from correctional facilities.

2017-S5682 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S5682

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the correction law, in relation to
allowing telephone calls for inmates after transfer from correctional
facilities

 PURPOSE :

To provide that state inmates transferred to a new correctional
facility are able to call their families within 24 hours of arriving
at the new facility.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 amends subdivision 1 of section 23 of the correction law.

Section 2 provides an effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Inmates are routinely transferred from one facility to another for a
variety of reasons immediately before transfer they are locked down
for a few days, and then are sent by bus to the new facility. The bus
may take several days to arrive at the new facility, since it usually
makes other stops along the way. Once an inmate reaches the new
facility, he or she is not placed in general population right away but

spends some time in a special housing area. During this entire time,
inmates are unable to call home to tell their families where they are
or that they are being transferred. Although there are security
reasons for keeping inmates from telling outsiders that they are being
transferred, once they arrive at their new facility, there is no
longer a security risk. Families are often worried when they do not
hear from their loved ones for days or weeks while they are being
transferred. Allowing an inmate to call home as soon as he or she
arrives at the new facility can help relieve the stress that inmates
and their families feel around the time of transfer and can make the
transition.to a new prison easier.

This bill follows current DOCCS practice but expands that practice by
mandating that inmates be allowed to call their loves ones within 24
hours of arrival, including weekends, and directs the Department to
place a call to a person of the inmate's choice if security
precautions prevent the inmate from doing so.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None. Inmates call their families collect.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth after it shall have become
a law.

2017-S5682 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5682
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- 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 allowing telephone
   calls for inmates after transfer from correctional facilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  23 of the correction law, as
 amended by section 5 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of
 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1. The commissioner shall have the power to transfer inmates from  one
 correctional  facility to another. Whenever the transfer of inmates from
 one correctional facility to another shall be ordered by the commission-
 er, the superintendent of the facility from which the inmates are trans-
 ferred shall take immediate steps to make  the  transfer.  The  transfer
 shall  be  in  accordance  with rules and regulations promulgated by the
 department for the safe delivery  of  such  inmates  to  the  designated
 facility.  WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF ARRIVING AT THE FACILITY TO WHICH
 AN INMATE IS TRANSFERRED, HE OR SHE SHALL BE ALLOWED TO  MAKE  AT  LEAST
 ONE PERSONAL PHONE CALL, EXCEPT WHEN TO DO SO WOULD CREATE AN UNACCEPTA-
 BLE  RISK  TO  THE  SAFETY AND SECURITY OF INMATES OR STAFF. IF SECURITY
 PRECAUTIONS PREVENT THE INMATE FROM MAKING SUCH  CALL,  A  STAFF  MEMBER
 DESIGNATED  BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE FACILITY SHALL MAKE A CALL TO A
 PERSON OF THE INMATE'S CHOICE UNLESS THE INMATE DECLINES TO HAVE SUCH  A
 CALL MADE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04035-01-7

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