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Senate Bill S7215

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the confinement of incarcerated individuals under the age of eighteen

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee

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2025-S7215 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §137, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4061
2019-2020: S374
2021-2022: S4497
2023-2024: S6001

2025-S7215 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the confinement of incarcerated individuals under the age of eighteen who shall not be placed in segregated confinement for any reason.

2025-S7215 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7215
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 the confinement of
   incarcerated individuals under the age of eighteen

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 6 of section 137 of
 the correction law, as amended by chapter 322 of the laws  of  2021,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   Except  as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this subdivision, the
 superintendent of a correctional  facility  may  keep  any  incarcerated
 individual,  OTHER  THAN INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGH-
 TEEN YEARS WHO SHALL NOT BE PLACED IN  SEGREGATED  CONFINEMENT  FOR  ANY
 REASON,  confined  in  a  cell  or  room,  apart from the accommodations
 provided for incarcerated individuals who are participating in  programs
 of  the facility, for such period as may be necessary for maintenance of
 order or discipline, but in any such case the following conditions shall
 be observed:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11447-01-5

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