NY State Senate Bill 2021-S4718

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

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to crime victims, crime and correction
Feb 10, 2021	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

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2021-S4718 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1162
Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2, rpld §73 sub 10, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S7918, A10896
2023-2024: S4333

2021-S4718 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the term residential treatment facility to remove "persons who are on parole or conditional release" from such term.

2021-S4718 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4718

SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the correction law, in relation to amending the term
residential treatment facility; and to repeal subdivision 10 of section
73 of the correction law relating thereto

 
PURPOSE:

To stop the practice of having people paroled to a unit inside a correc-
tional facility.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends the definition of "residential treatment facility".

Section 2 repeals Correction Law § 73(10).

JUSTIFICATION:

Residential treatment facilities were originally intended to house
incarcerated people who are parole-eligible or who were close to release
who might need treatment-based housing while they transitioned to commu-
nity supervision in their home communities. The residential treatment
units are in prisons, but people were expected to hold outside jobs or
participate in training or educational programs, and report back to the
prison on nights and weekends.

Instead of operating as a supportive release or near-release unit, DOCCS
has been using the residential treatment facility at Fishkill as a place
to hold individuals in prison well past their scheduled release date due
to difficulty in finding housing in their home communities. Such indi-
viduals are not leaving the prison to go into the community to work, but
are simply being warehoused in prison conditions. This bill would end
this practice. People who have been released by the parole board should
not be held in prison, but should go out into the community to continue
their rehabilitation and reintegration into society. DOCCS must help
these people find housing and get them out of prison rather than holding
them until their maximum expiration dates. If the state needs more
supportive housing, parole should develop that outside of the prison
system where it can truly meet the needs of parolees.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.7918 of 2020: Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take place on the 30th day after it shall have become a
law

2021-S4718 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4718
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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  amending  the  term
   residential  treatment  facility;  and  to  repeal  subdivision  10 of
   section 73 of the correction law relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  6  of  section  2  of the correction law, as
 amended by chapter 476 of the laws  of  1970,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   6.  "Residential treatment facility". A correctional facility consist-
 ing of a community based residence in or near a community where  employ-
 ment,  educational  and training opportunities are readily available for
 persons who [are on parole or conditional release and for  persons  who]
 are  or  who  will  soon be eligible for release on parole who intend to
 reside in or near that community when released.
   § 2. Subdivision 10 of section 73 of the correction law is REPEALED.
   § 3. 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.
                                                            LBD01723-01-1

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Senate Bill S4718

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

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2021-S4718 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S4718 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S4718 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4718 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Luis R. Sepúlveda

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

co-Sponsors

Zellnor Myrie

2021-S4718 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S4718 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S4718 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4718 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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