What's happening
This bill prohibits the use of segregated confinement for pregnant inmates, recent mothers, and mothers in prison nursery programs.
Why it matters
Addresses the heightened health and safety risks. faced by pregnant inmates and new mothers, for whom segregated confinement (solitary) can worsen physical and mental health, potentially harming both mother and child.
Expands protection to women in critical stages of motherhood. , including those who have recently given birth and those raising infants in prison nursery programs, recognizing their unique needs and the importance of early maternal bonding.
Signals a shift toward more humane correctional practices. by acknowledging that punitive isolation is especially detrimental for these populations, aligning New York with broader criminal justice and prison reform trends.
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End Solitary for Pregnant Inmates
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Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 25
41 Co-sponsors
- Thomas Abinanti
- Jeffrion Aubry
- Didi Barrett
- Charles Barron
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
- Michael Blake
- William Colton
- Marcos Crespo
- Brian F. Curran
- Jeffrey Dinowitz
- Steven Englebright
- Patricia Fahy
- Richard Gottfried
- Andrew Hevesi
- Pamela J. Hunter
- Ellen C. Jaffee
- Latoya Joyner
- Donna Lupardo
- Shelley Mayer
- Walter T. Mosley
- Daniel O'Donnell
- Victor M. Pichardo
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes
- N. Nick Perry
- Dan Quart
- Andrew Raia
- Linda Rosenthal
- Luis R. Sepúlveda
- James Skoufis
- Phil Steck
- Albert A. Stirpe
- Matthew Titone
- Latrice Walker
- Ron Castorina Jr.
- Carmen De La Rosa
- David Weprin
- Alicia Hyndman
- Aravella Simotas
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre
- Rebecca Seawright
- Ari Espinal
History
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.121
- Returned to assembly
- Died in senate
- Referred to crime victims, crime and correction
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.18
- Reported
- Reported referred to codes
Show 1 earlier action
- Referred to correction
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Relates to the segregated confinement of pregnant inmates
In Senate Committee · Crime Victims, Crime And Correction · Sponsor Andrew J. Lanza
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1610
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC, ABINANTI, AUBRY, BARRETT, BARRON, BICHOTTE, BLAKE, COLTON, CRESPO, CURRAN, DINOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, FAHY, GOTTFRIED, HEVESI, HUNTER, JAFFEE, JOYNER, LUPARDO, MAYER, MOSLEY, O'DONNELL, PICHARDO, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, QUART, RAIA, ROSENTHAL, SEPULVEDA, SKOUFIS, STECK, STIRPE, TITONE, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BRAUNSTEIN, COOK, DAVILA, GALEF, GLICK, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the segregated confinement of pregnant inmates
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
Except as provided in paragraphs (d) [and], (e), and (g) of this subdivision, the superintendent of a correctional facility may keep any inmate confined in a cell or room, apart from the accommodations provided for inmates who are participating in programs of the facility, for such period as may be necessary for maintenance of order or discipline, but in any such case the following conditions shall be observed:
§ 2. Subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction law is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
(g) Segregated confinement is prohibited for pregnant inmates, inmates who have given birth within the past eight weeks and inmate mothers living with infants in prison nursery programs.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01140-01-7
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