STATE OF NEW YORK
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1363
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Correction
AN ACT authorizing a study by the New York state department of
corrections and community supervision to study the treatment of aging
prison populations and make recommendations for ensuring humane treat-
ment of such populations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The department of corrections and community supervision
2 shall undertake a study of the treatment, conditions and prevalence of
3 aging prison populations and what plans, if any, such department has to
4 provide for this increasing segment of incarcerated individuals. The
5 study shall include but not be limited to the following:
6 (a) a profile of the current elderly incarcerated individual popu-
7 lation and statistics relating to its demographics including length and
8 type of sentence, age at parole eligibility, race, gender, region of
9 commitment, commitment crime and any other data that may describe such
10 population;
11 (b) projected populations for elderly incarcerated individuals for the
12 next five, ten and twenty years;
13 (c) factors contributing to the growth in the number and proportion of
14 elderly incarcerated individuals;
15 (d) whether, and to what extent, older prison populations are being
16 provided with adequate or specialized housing, medical care, and
17 specialized programs that respond to their unique needs and vulnerabili-
18 ties, such as the need for wheelchair accessibility or accommodations
19 relating to diminished mental or physical capacity, including a profile
20 of such housing, medical care and programs currently provided to elderly
21 incarcerated individuals and a projection of such provisions that will
22 be needed five, ten and twenty years hence;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (e) provision of specialized training for corrections officers working
2 with older incarcerated individuals including what training is currently
3 provided; and
4 (f) a profile of classification and facilities assigned to such incar-
5 cerated individuals including what institutional oversight, if any,
6 exists to ensure the welfare of older incarcerated individuals within
7 each correctional facility.
8 § 2. The department of corrections and community supervision shall
9 make a report to the governor and the legislature of the information
10 required under section one of this act, its findings and conclusions,
11 and any legislative recommendations it deems necessary no later than one
12 year after the effective date of this act.
13 § 3. To the maximum extent feasible, the department of corrections and
14 community supervision shall be entitled to request and receive and shall
15 utilize and be provided with such facilities, resources and data of any
16 court, department, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the
17 state or any political subdivision thereof as it may reasonably request
18 to carry out properly its responsibilities pursuant to this act.
19 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
