Bill Text: NY A01349 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Enacts the "prison privilege limitation act".

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to correction [A01349 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01349-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1349
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 15, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JONES, COLTON, WOERNER, BLANKENBUSH, D'URSO,
          FRIEND, CROUCH, PALUMBO -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
          Correction
        AN  ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to enacting the "prison
          privilege limitation act"
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  This  act  shall be known and may be cited as the "prison
     2  privilege limitation act".
     3    § 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 625 to read
     4  as follows:
     5    § 625. Limitation of prison privileges for certain  individuals.    An
     6  individual  in  a state correctional facility, as defined by subdivision
     7  four of section two of this chapter, who has been convicted and is serv-
     8  ing a sentence pursuant to section 125.25, 125.26, 125.27, 130.30 and/or
     9  130.35 of the penal law, except for the purposes  of  receiving  medical
    10  treatment  pursuant to section five hundred eight of this chapter, shall
    11  not be left in  the  company  of  civilians  without  supervision  of  a
    12  correction  officer  or  law  enforcement officer. In no case shall such
    13  individual be granted the privilege of wearing civilian clothing.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02897-01-9
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