Bill Text: NY S07582 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish contraband screening at correctional facilities.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 16-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-18 - referred to insurance [S07582 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7582
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 26, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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 contraband screening
          at correctional facilities
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  112 of the correction law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     3    5. The commissioner shall establish a contraband screening plan  which
     4  shall include, but not be limited to:
     5    (a)  the random selection and search of visitors' vehicles upon enter-
     6  ing a correctional facility's grounds;
     7    (b) the use of a leashed and controlled canine at the entrance of each
     8  correctional facility at a minimum of twelve facilities per  week  on  a
     9  random, but rotating basis to ensure all facilities are included;
    10    (c)  the search of visitors entering the facility which shall include,
    11  but not be limited to, electronic searches, imaging  scanning  searches,
    12  pat searches and visual searches; and
    13    (d) the training of staff on up to date and current contraband screen-
    14  ing procedures.
    15    (e) The commissioner shall provide a copy of such contraband screening
    16  plan  as  well  as  the  prior  year's plan including but not limited to
    17  results of the canine assignments, results of the  search  of  visitors'
    18  vehicles,  number  of  attempts  to promote contraband and the number of
    19  urine tests with results conducted statewide in  each  facility  to  the
    20  legislature by December thirty-first each year.
    21    § 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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