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Senate Bill S8604

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to reporting requirements for temporary release programs

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2021-S8604 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §853, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S308
2025-2026: S7810

2021-S8604 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds additional information to reporting requirements for temporary release programs including the number of incarcerated individuals denied participation in each temporary release program and the reasons for denial.

2021-S8604 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8604 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8604
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 21, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- 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 reporting require-
   ments for temporary release programs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  853 of the correction law, as amended by chapter
 757 of the laws of 1981, subdivisions (a), (b), (e) and (f)  as  amended
 by chapter 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   §  853.  Reporting and information. To ensure the accurate maintenance
 and availability of statistics and records with respect to participation
 in temporary release programs, the department shall maintain the follow-
 ing information relative to the operation of temporary release programs:
   (a) number of incarcerated individual participants in  each  temporary
 release program;
   (b)  NUMBER  OF  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUALS APPROVED FOR EACH TEMPORARY
 RELEASE PROGRAM;
   (C) NUMBER OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS DENIED  PARTICIPATION  IN  EACH
 TEMPORARY RELEASE PROGRAM AND GENERAL REASONS FOR DENIAL;
   (D)  number  of  incarcerated  individuals  participating in temporary
 release for whom written  approval  of  the  commissioner  was  required
 pursuant  to  subdivision two of section eight hundred fifty-one of this
 [chapter] ARTICLE;
   [(c)] (E) number and type of individual  programs  approved  for  each
 participant;
   [(d)](F)  approved  participating  employers  and  educational  insti-
 tutions;
   [(e)](G) number of incarcerated individuals arrested;
   [(f)](H)   incarcerated   individuals   involuntarily   returned   for
 violations by institution;
   [(g)](I) absconders still at large;
   [(h)](J)  number of disciplinary proceedings initiated and the results
 thereof;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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