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Jan 05, 2022 | referred to correction |
Feb 04, 2021 | referred to correction |
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A4695 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Correction Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §623-a, Cor L
A4695 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to providing voice communication service to incarcerated people in local correctional facilities at no cost; requires agencies charged with the operation and management of local correctional facilities and juvenile detention facilities to provide persons in their custody with voice communication service at a minimum of 90 minutes per day.
A4695 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4695 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to providing voice communication services to incarcerated people in local correctional facilities at no cost THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 623-a to read as follows: § 623-A. VOICE COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE IN LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 1. AGENCIES CHARGED WITH THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES AND JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES SHALL PROVIDE PERSONS IN THEIR CUSTODY AND CONFINED IN A CORRECTIONAL OR DETENTION FACILITY WITH VOICE COMMUNICATION SERVICE AT A MINIMUM OF NINETY MINUTES PER DAY AND ENSURE SUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO MEET THIS BASELINE. THE COMMISSIONER MAY SUPPLEMENT VOICE COMMUNI- CATION SERVICE WITH OTHER ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SERVICES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, VIDEO COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONIC MAIL SERVICES. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE COMMISSIONER PROVIDES SUCH VOICE COMMUNICATION SERVICE OR ANY OTHER ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SERVICE, EACH SUCH SERVICE SHALL BE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE TO THE PERSON INITIATING AND THE PERSON RECEIVING THE COMMUNICATION. 2. NO AGENCY SHALL RECEIVE REVENUE FROM THE PROVISION OF VOICE COMMU- NICATION SERVICES OR ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION SERVICES TO ANY PERSON CONFINED IN A LOCAL CORRECTIONAL OR DETENTION FACILITY. 3. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT, REPLACE OR PREVENT IN-PERSON VISITATION BETWEEN PERSONS CONFINED IN A LOCAL CORREC- TIONAL OR DETENTION FACILITY AND RELATIVES, FRIENDS OR ANY OTHER PERSONS APPROVED TO VISIT SUCH PERSON. 4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS OR DEPART- MENTAL PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT ANY VOICE COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.