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A244Assembly2017-2018 Session

Make Parole Board Reflect Counties

Official title

“Requires the members of the state board of parole, and parole hearing officers to be composed of a proportionate share of residents”

Sponsor N. Nick PerryAD-58Affects Public Safety & Consumer Affairs
Status
In Assembly Committee
Correction
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Correction

What's happening

This bill requires the state parole board and hearing officers to reflect the geographic distribution of the state's inmate population by county.

Why it matters

  1. Ensures that the makeup of the parole board and hearing officers is geographically representative of where inmates come from. , potentially leading to decisions that better reflect the experiences and contexts of various communities across the state.

  2. May address concerns about bias or lack of understanding in parole decisions. , as board members and hearing officers would be less concentrated from a few areas and more likely to understand the nuances of different counties’ populations.

  3. Could shift the balance of influence away from traditionally overrepresented counties. (often those near major prison facilities or in metropolitan areas), giving smaller or historically underrepresented counties a stronger voice in parole outcomes.

  4. Aims to align the criminal justice process more closely with demographic realities. , which could impact public trust, perceived fairness, and possibly even parole outcomes for individuals from different regions.

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Make Parole Board Reflect Counties

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
N. Nick Perry

Assembly Member · Assembly District 58

History

  1. Referred to correction
  2. Reference changed to correction
  3. Referred to codes

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

244

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 5, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HOOPER, RIVERA, TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the composition of the state board of parole and parole hearing officers

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 259-b of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:

2-a. With respect to members appointed or reappointed on and after the effective date of this subdivision, the state board of parole shall be so constituted that the proportion of the members residing in any county of the state shall be reasonably equivalent and in the same proportion as the resident county of the inmate population bears to the total population of the state.

§ 2. Section 259-d of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:

3. With respect to members appointed or reappointed on and after the effective date of this subdivision, the state board of parole shall be so constituted that the proportion of the hearing officers residing in any county of the state shall be reasonably equivalent and in the same proportion as the resident county of the inmate population bears to the total population of the state.

§ 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD06328-01-7

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