Legislation

§ 22-b. Disclosure of video footage related to the death of
incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers
employed by the department. 1. Definition. As used in this section the
term "video footage" shall include, but not be limited to, recordings
from fixed or stationary cameras, body-worn cameras, handheld devices,
or any other recording equipment maintained or used by correctional
staff within an institution or correctional facility.

2. Duty to disclose. The department shall disclose to the attorney
general's office of special investigation any video footage that such
office deems to be related to the death of an incarcerated individual.
This shall include any case in which the attorney general's office of
special investigation determines the death involves a correction officer
or peace officer employed by the department.

3. Timeframe for disclosure. The commissioner or commissioner's
designee shall make reasonable good faith efforts to ascertain the
existence of and obtain any relevant video footage or audio recordings
that existed or that may be related to the death and shall disclose such
video footage or audio records within seventy-two hours of the
occurrence of the death. If the commissioner or commissioner's designee
learns of additional video footage or audio recordings which are related
to the death, the commissioner or commissioner's designee shall disclose
such recordings within twenty-four hours of such discovery and provide
the circumstances surrounding the discovery of such records to the
attorney general's office of special investigations.

4. Redactions and exceptions. No redactions shall be made to the video
footage before it is disclosed to the attorney general's office of
special investigation.