NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7810

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

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May 09, 2025	referred to crime victims, crime and correction

2025-S7810 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:: Correction Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §853, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S8604
2023-2024: S308

2025-S7810 (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.

2025-S7810 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7810

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 Correction Law § 853 to require DOCCS to submit quar-
terly reports to the State Commission of Correction detailing various
aspects of temporary release programs, including: the number of partic-
ipants and approvals per program; denials and reasons for denial;

instances where commissioner approval was required; types of programs
and participating employers or educational institutions; as well as
statistics on arrests, institutional violations, absconders, discipli-
nary proceedings and appeals; and other relevant information.

Section 2 sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Recent research suggests that well-managed temporary release programs,
such as educational and work release, reduce recidivism and facilitate
successful reentry by helping incarcerated individuals build employment
history, maintain community ties, and develop essential life skills.
However, underutilization of these programs, often due to lack of trans-
parency, restrictive eligibility criteria, and administrative barriers,
limits their impact.

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. By increasing
transparency and accountability through enhanced reporting, this bill
promotes broader access to temporary release opportunities, ultimately
contributing to public safety and more effective rehabilitation.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

SENATE:

2024: S308 (Salazar) - Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction.
Passed Senate.


2023: S308 (Salazar) - Referred to Crime Victims, Crime and Correction.
Passed Senate.

2022: S8604 (Salazar) - Referred to and reported out of Crime Victims,
Crime & Correction

ASSEMBLY:

No same as

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S7810 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7810
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11940-01-5

 S. 7810                             2
 
   [(g)](I) absconders still at large;
   [(h)](J)  number of disciplinary proceedings initiated and the results
 thereof;
   [(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 S7810

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

2025-S7810 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S7810 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S7810 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7810 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Julia Salazar

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

2025-S7810 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S7810 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S7810 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7810 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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