Bill Text: NY A00930 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 930 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the prohibition of double-bunked housing in correctional facilities.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to correction [A00930 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00930-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           930
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 14, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. JONES, D'URSO, ABBATE, TAYLOR, RIVERA, LUPARDO,
          GIGLIO, PALMESANO, GOTTFRIED, COOK, ARROYO, WALSH, WEPRIN,  FRIEND  --
          Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  BARCLAY,  HAWLEY -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Correction
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to  the  prohibition  of
          double-bunked housing in correctional facilities
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new  section  607
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  607.  Prohibition of double-bunked housing. 1. For purposes of this
     4  section "double-bunked housing" shall mean the practice of inmate  hous-
     5  ing where bunk beds are used in a dormitory setting, with inmates resid-
     6  ing in an open space and sleeping on bunk beds.
     7    2.  Upon the effective date of this section, the department is prohib-
     8  ited from housing  inmates  using  double-bunked  housing  practices  in
     9  correctional  facilities. Any inmates housed in such double-bunked hous-
    10  ing on the effective date of this section shall be moved to other  hous-
    11  ing  accommodations provided that such accommodations are not located in
    12  a more restrictive housing unit or correctional facility  unless  other-
    13  wise appropriate.
    14    3.  The department is authorized to promulgate or repeal any rules and
    15  regulations necessary to facilitate the implementation of this section.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    17  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02991-01-9