S08642 Summary:

BILL NOS08642
 
SAME ASSAME AS A05818
 
SPONSORSEPULVEDA
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §137, Cor L
 
Requires structured out-of-cell programming for adolescents in segregated disciplinary confinement.
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S08642 Actions:

BILL NOS08642
 
05/10/2018REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION
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S08642 Committee Votes:

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S08642 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S08642 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8642
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 10, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- 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 requiring  structured
          out-of-cell  programming  for  adolescents  in segregated disciplinary
          confinement
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 6 of section 137 of
     2  the correction law, as amended by chapter 1 of  the  laws  of  2008,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    Except as provided in paragraphs (d) [and], (e) and (g) of this subdi-
     5  vision,  the  superintendent  of  a  correctional  facility may keep any
     6  inmate confined in  a  cell  or  room,  apart  from  the  accommodations
     7  provided  for inmates who are participating in programs of the facility,
     8  for such period as may be necessary for maintenance of order  or  disci-
     9  pline, but in any such case the following conditions shall be observed:
    10    §  2. Subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction law is amended by
    11  adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
    12    (g) Any inmate under the age of twenty-one who is in segregated disci-
    13  plinary confinement must be offered at least four hours a day of  struc-
    14  tured  out-of-cell  programming,  in  addition  to  exercise, and may be
    15  provided with additional out-of-cell activities for good  behavior.  The
    16  inmate's  education,  mental  health and other programming needs must be
    17  addressed during any such  period  of  segregated  confinement  and  the
    18  inmate must be given significant daily opportunity to engage in physical
    19  activity.  No such inmate shall be kept in punitive isolation, be denied
    20  telephone calls or visits or be placed on a restrictive diet as a  sanc-
    21  tion  for misbehavior. Such inmates may not be housed in a special hous-
    22  ing unit for adults unless there  are  exceptional  circumstances  which
    23  would  create  an  unacceptable risk to the safety and security of other
    24  inmates or staff. In such exceptional circumstances  the  inmate's  case
    25  shall  be immediately referred to the commissioner for review and resol-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05028-01-7

        S. 8642                             2
 
     1  ution. Any such placement in an adult special  housing  unit  shall  not
     2  exceed fifteen days.
     3    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     4  it shall have become a law.
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