Bill Text: NY S04497 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4497 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the confinement of inmates under the age of eighteen who shall not be placed in segregated confinement for any reason.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S04497 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04497-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4497

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 5, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 the confinement of
          inmates under the age of eighteen

          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) of this subdivision, the
     5  superintendent of a correctional facility may  keep  any  inmate,  other
     6  than  inmates under the age of eighteen years who shall not be placed in
     7  segregated confinement for any reason, confined in a cell or room, apart
     8  from the accommodations provided for inmates who  are  participating  in
     9  programs  of the facility, for such period as may be necessary for main-
    10  tenance of order or discipline, but  in  any  such  case  the  following
    11  conditions shall be observed:
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05888-01-1