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History
- Considered by committee - defeated
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
- Referred to rules
Companion bill
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Prohibits sex offender treatment programs from requiring that inmates or applicants for such program admit guilt to any crime as a prerequisite for admission into such program
In Assembly Committee · Correction · Sponsor Nelson Castro
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Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to prohibiting sex offender treatment programs from requiring that inmates or applicants for such program admit guilt to any crime as a prerequisite for admission into such program
Summary of provisions
Amends Section 1. Section 622 of the correction law, as added by chapter 7 of the laws of 2007.
Justification
The purpose of this bill is to amend the correction law so that an inmate who has been convicted of a crime classifying them as a sex offender is able to enroll in a therapeutic sex offender program without being required to sign a document wherein they admit to having committed a sex offense crime. Currently inmates convicted of a sex crime must enroll in this program in order to be eligible for parole or if they wish to be transferred to a facility closer to their home community. The requirement to sign a document admitting guilt poses a difficult dilemma for prisoners whose cases are being appealed in the light of new technologies, like DNA testing. The requirement also puts inmates who sign this document in greater danger from other inmates who use vigilante violence against inmates who are sex offenders. The Department of Corrections should develop a system that allows inmates to participate in this valuable program without making participants admit guilt.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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