S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1043
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, ORTT -- 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 enacting the "prison
privilege limitation act"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "prison
privilege limitation act".
§ 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 628 to read
as follows:
§ 628. LIMITATION OF PRISON PRIVILEGES FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. AN
INDIVIDUAL IN A STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION
FOUR OF SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED AND IS SERV-
ING A SENTENCE PURSUANT TO SECTION 125.25, 125.26, 125.27, 130.30 AND/OR
130.35 OF THE PENAL LAW, EXCEPT FOR THE PURPOSES OF RECEIVING MEDICAL
TREATMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL
NOT BE LEFT IN THE COMPANY OF CIVILIANS WITHOUT SUPERVISION OF A
CORRECTION OFFICER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. IN NO CASE SHALL SUCH
INDIVIDUAL BE GRANTED THE PRIVILEGE OF WEARING CIVILIAN CLOTHING.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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