Bill Text: NY S06011 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes a study by the department of corrections and community supervision pertaining to the treatment of aging prison populations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION [S06011 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06011-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6011

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 27, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. PARKER, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and  when  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,
          Crime and 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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        S. 6011                             2

     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.