Requires justices of the supreme court, judges of the county court and judges of the court of claims, regularly sitting in a criminal term or in a term with criminal as well as civil jurisdiction to visit the correctional facility with the highest population of incarcerated individuals in the county in which he or she is appointed or elected within two years of such appointment or election and every two years thereafter; requires a report on the conditions of such correctional facility.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5087
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 22, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring certain
justices and judges to visit the correctional facility with the high-
est population in the county in which such justice or judge was
elected or appointed
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 211-b
2 to read as follows:
3 § 211-b. Correctional facility visitation requirements for judges and
4 justices. 1. The chief judge shall require justices of the supreme
5 court, judges of the county court and judges of the court of claims,
6 regularly sitting in a criminal term or in a term with criminal as well
7 as civil jurisdiction to visit the correctional facility with the high-
8 est population of incarcerated individuals in the county in which such
9 justice or judge is appointed or elected within two years of such
10 appointment or election and every two years thereafter. Such visitation
11 requirement shall be in addition to the requirements pursuant to 22
12 NYCRR section 17.1.
13 2. Within six months of a visit to the correctional facility as
14 required by subdivision one of this section, the justice or judge shall
15 prepare a report on the conditions of such correctional facility and
16 submit such report to the clerk of the court of appeals. Such conditions
17 shall include, but not be limited to the welfare of incarcerated indi-
18 viduals, healthcare provided to incarcerated individuals, sanitary
19 conditions in the correctional facility and any disciplinary actions
20 against employees of the correctional facility and incarcerated individ-
21 uals.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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