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Assembly Bill A8696

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing inmates access to confidential phone calls

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2019-A8696 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5563
Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §623, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7585
2023-2024: A6484

2019-A8696 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows inmates to make confidential phone calls to legal services providers or attorneys within the state at no charge to the inmate or the attorney.

2019-A8696 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8696
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Correction
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction law, in relation to inmate access to
   confidential phone calls
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  623 of the correction law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE UNIMPEDED ACCESS TO THE COURTS, ALL INMATES  IN
 STATE  AND LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SHALL BE PERMITTED CONFIDENTIAL
 TELEPHONE CALLS WITH LEGAL SERVICE PROVIDERS  OR  ANY  ATTORNEY  IN  THE
 STATE  WITHOUT  CHARGE  TO THE INMATE OR THE ATTORNEY. NO SUCH TELEPHONE
 CALL MAY BE RECORDED,  MONITORED  OR  UNREASONABLY  RESTRICTED  BY  SUCH
 CORRECTIONAL  FACILITY, THE DEPARTMENT OR ANY OTHER ENTITY ENTERING INTO
 A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICES, HOWEVER, SUCH TELEPHONE
 CALL MAY BE  SUBJECT  TO  RESTRICTIONS  AND  RECORDINGS  BY  SUCH  LEGAL
 SERVICES PROVIDER OR ATTORNEY.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD11317-01-9

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