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- Print number 6044a
- Amend and recommit to crime victims, crime and correction
- Notice of committee consideration - requested
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
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Relates to notification of rules and regulations of correctional facilities concerning visitors
In Senate Committee · Crime Victims, Crime And Correction · Sponsor Jeffrion Aubry
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6044A
Title of bill
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to notification of rules and regulations of correctional facilities concerning visitors
Purpose
To establish and maintain a public website that provides information regarding specific visitation rules and regulations for all correctional facilities.
Summary of provisions
Amends the correction law by adding a new section 138-a, to require that the commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community Super- vision (DOCCS) establish and maintain a website that provides informa- tion to the public concerning the visitation rules and regulations for all correctional facilities in New York State. The website shall be regularly updated to ensure accuracy, and shall designate a telephone number or numbers on the website that persons may call for information about the visiting rules at various correctional facilities.
Justification
While New York's state prisons allow inmates to receive visitors, the experience of being processed for visits varies greatly from one facili- ty to another. When families arrive at the "wrong" time, on the "wrong" day, or with the "wrong" clothing or identification, they may be turned away even if they have been traveling all night with young children, Generally, there is no recourse for a person excluded from visiting; no one to call during the weekend to resolve the problem or elevate it to a supervisor once the officer at the front gate says "no." This can be especially devastating for children of incarcerated persons, who may have anticipated the visit for weeks.
Efforts should be made to make visiting rules and schedules publicly accessible and to better ensure that families and friends understand visiting procedures. By establishing a website and designating a tele- phone number to make such information available to the public, we can ensure that visitors have access to this information prior to traveling to a correctional facility for a visit.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
Unknown.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after is shall have become law.
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