NY State Senate Bill S1850

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A2285 - Signed by Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Sep 13, 2019	signed chap.261 delivered to governor
May 08, 2019	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.25 substituted for s1850
May 08, 2019	substituted by a2285
Jan 28, 2019	advanced to third reading
Jan 23, 2019	2nd report cal.
Jan 22, 2019	1st report cal.25
Jan 16, 2019	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

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May 8, 2019 - floor Vote

A2285

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Jan 22, 2019 - Crime Victims, Crime and Correction committee Vote

S1850

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Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee Vote: Jan 22, 2019

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S1850 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2285
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §137, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7631, A9745
2015-2016: S985, A4620
2017-2018: S8646, A1208

S1850 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to personal phone calls for inmates in certain circumstances.

S1850 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1850

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the correction law, in relation to personal phone calls
for inmates in certain circumstances

 
PURPOSE:

To allow state prison inmates entering solitary confinement in special
housing units (SHU) and in residential mental health treatment units to
make a telephone call upon admission into SHU and at least once a week
thereafter.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section I of the bill amends subdivision six of section 137 of the
correction law to allow an inmate to make a telephone call upon his or
her admission into solitary confinement, keeplock, a residential mental
health treatment program and administrative segregation and at least

once per week thereafter.

Section II sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

There are approximately 4,000 inmates confined to special housing units
(SHU) within the state prison system as a result of disciplinary sanc-
tions. Currently, inmates being held in SHU on such sanctions are
confined to a cell for 23 hours per day, with an hour of outdoor recre-
ation in a fenced-in pen or cage, and lose other privileges including
access to telephone calls, personal property, packages and commissary.

SHU inmates are limited to one visit per week or may be prohibited from
receiving any visits at all. For a sanction which exceeds six months,
inmates are often transferred to a dedicated SHU facility in either
Chemung or Franklin counties. Since these facilities are far from the
urban and suburban communities where most inmates' families reside,
transfers often result in few, or no, visits during an inmate's SHU
confinement. Visits have become even less frequent since the elimination
of the free bus program from the state budget.

The impact of solitary confinement on the family of an inmate is a
significant burden in its own right. A parent, spouse or child of the
inmate often has no idea of what has happened to his or her loved one
when telephone calls suddenly cease.

While an inmate has a constitutional right to correspondence, there are
times when postage, paper and writing implements are not present, and
correspondence to and from the correctional facility may be delayed or
unreliable. Permitting inmates to make telephone calls,upop admission
into SHU and at weekly intervals ensures that family members'are not
left wondering what has happened to their loved ones.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2016: S985 Montgomery/A4620 Rozic. Passed Assembly.

2018: S8646 Sepulveda/A1208 Rozic. Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and
Correction.

 
FISCAL IMPACT ON THE STATE:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S1850 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1850

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 16, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 personal phone  calls
  for inmates in certain circumstances

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section  137  of  the  correction  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
  (G)  WITHIN  TWENTY-FOUR  HOURS  OF DISCIPLINARY CONFINEMENT, KEEPLOCK
PENDING A DISCIPLINARY HEARING, PLACEMENT IN  A  SEGREGATED  CONFINEMENT
UNIT  FOR  ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, OR PLACEMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL MENTAL
HEALTH TREATMENT UNIT, AND AT WEEKLY INTERVALS THEREAFTER FOR THE  DURA-
TION  OF SUCH CONFINEMENT, AN INMATE SHALL BE PERMITTED 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.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00815-02-9

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May 8, 2019 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 8, 2019

Jan 22, 2019 - Crime Victims, Crime and Correction committee Vote

Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee Vote: Jan 22, 2019

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S1850 (ACTIVE) - Details

S1850 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S1850 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1850 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Luis R. Sepúlveda

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May 8, 2019 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 8, 2019

Jan 22, 2019 - Crime Victims, Crime and Correction committee Vote

Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Committee Vote: Jan 22, 2019

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Velmanette Montgomery

S1850 (ACTIVE) - Details

S1850 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S1850 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1850 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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