NY State Senate Bill 2021-S8604

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 03, 2022	committed to rules
May 11, 2022	advanced to third reading
May 10, 2022	2nd report cal.
May 09, 2022	1st report cal.1142
Mar 21, 2022	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

Votes

- May 9, 2022 - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote
  S8604
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote: May 9, 2022
      
      aye (5)
      
      Bailey
      
      Myrie
      
      Rivera
      
      Salazar
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Akshar
      
      Gallivan

2021-S8604 (ACTIVE) - Details

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

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

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8604

SPONSOR: SALAZAR
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the correction law, in relation to reporting require-
ments for temporary release programs

 
PURPOSE OF BILL:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure accountability on the part of the
NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision regarding the
temporary release programs such as educational and work release, and, by
doing so, increase participation by incarcerated persons in these
programs.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 853 of the correction law, as amended by chap-
ter 757 of the laws of 1981 and as amended by chapter 322 of the laws of
2021, to provide that NYS DOCCS shall maintain and forward to the state
commission of correction via quarterly reports certain information

relating to the operation of temporary release programs, including the
number of incarcerated individual participants in each temporary release
program; the number of incarcerated individuals approved for each
program; the number of incarcerated individuals denied participation in
each program and general reasons for denial; the number of incarcerated
individuals participating in temporary release for whom written approval
of the commissioner was required; the number and type of program
approved for each participant; approved participating employers and
educational institutions; the number of incarcerated individuals
arrested; incarcerated individuals involuntarily returned for institu-
tional violations; absconders still at large; the number of disciplinary
proceedings initiated and the results thereof; the number of temporary
release committee decisions appealed and the results thereof; and
reports of information made available to DOCCS with respect to t he
participation of individuals in such programs.

Section 2 sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Data regarding temporary release programs for incarcerated individuals
is currently extremely limited. This bill expands the scope of DOCCS'
reporting requirement regarding temporary release programs to include
factors such as the number of incarcerated individuals who applied to
participate in temporary release programs but were denied and the
reasons for such denial, the number and type of temporary release
programs in existence, and the number of incarcerated individuals
discharged involuntarily from temporary release programs. The goal of
gathering and reporting such information is to increase the level of
participation in these beneficial programs.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

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.

                                                            LBD15003-02-2
 S. 8604                             2
 
   [(i)](K) number of temporary release committee decisions appealed  and
 the results thereof by institution;
   [(j)](L)  reports or information made available to the department with
 respect to the participation of individuals in such programs,  including
 any incidents of absconding or re-arrest.
   The   department  shall  also  forward  to  the  state  commission  of
 correction quarterly reports including, but not limited to, the informa-
 tion identified in subdivisions (a), (b), (C), (d),  [(e),]  (f)  [and],
 (g), (H) AND (I) of this section and such other information requested by
 the  commission  or  available  to  the  department with respect to such
 programs.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S8604

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

May 9, 2022 - Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote

Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee Vote: May 9, 2022

2021-S8604 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S8604 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S8604 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8604 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Julia Salazar

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

2021-S8604 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S8604 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S8604 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8604 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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