What's happening
This bill requires parole violators held over ten business days in local jails to be transferred to state custody or counties reimbursed, with exceptions for large cities and court extensions.
Why it matters
Addresses County Jail Overcrowding and Costs. By requiring the state to quickly assume custody or pay reimbursement for parole violators held longer than ten business days, this bill could reduce the financial and operational burden on smaller county jails, which often lack resources to house state parole violators for extended periods.
Creates a Standardized Timeline for Transfers. The mandated ten-business-day window for transfer or reimbursement sets a uniform expectation, which could reduce inconsistencies and delays in how parole violators are handled across different counties.
Carves Out Exceptions for Large Cities and Judicial Discretion. The exemption for cities with over one million residents (mainly New York City) and the allowance for court-approved extensions up to twenty days means that local circumstances and judicial needs can still be accommodated, balancing efficiency with flexibility.
May Influence Parole and Reentry Outcomes. By clarifying custody responsibilities and encouraging timely processing, the bill could impact how swiftly parole violation cases are resolved, potentially affecting recidivism rates and the broader approach to reintegrating formerly incarcerated individuals.
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Who cares
County governments and local jail operators
After ten business days, covered detainees would have to be transferred to state custody or remain locally with state reimbursement of county detention costs if convicted of a parole violation and sentenced to state custody, subject to the bill’s exceptions.
State correction officials
The department would bear transfer costs and responsibilities or reimburse qualifying county detention costs.
People arrested for release-supervision violations
The bill would limit their time in local correctional facilities before transfer or qualifying reimbursed detention, except in cities with at least one million residents or when a court grants an extension.
Courts handling detained parole violators
Courts could authorize continued local detention through extensions of up to twenty days each.
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Move Parole Violators After 10 Days
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Sponsors
4 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to correction
- 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.
Move Parole Violators After 10 Days
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Patty Ritchie
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
305
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 5, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, COOK, CROUCH, GOODELL, PALMESANO, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, MAGEE, RIVERA, STEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to parole violators
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 23-a to read as follows:
§ 23-a. Transfer of parole violators. 1. If any person presumptively released, paroled, conditionally released, released to post-release supervision, or received under the uniform act for out-of-state parolee supervision shall have been arrested for violating one or more conditions of his or her presumptive release, parole, conditional release or post-release supervision, such person, after ten business days in any local correctional facility, shall either be:
a. transferred to a state correctional facility, with the costs and responsibilities associated with such transfer borne by the department pursuant to section six hundred two of this chapter; or
b. kept in such local correctional facility, with the county's costs of such temporary detainment reimbursed by the department where such person has been convicted of a parole violation and a sentence has been pronounced which requires that he or she be committed to the custody of the commissioner.
2. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply in any city having a population of one million or more inhabitants, or if the appropriate court grants an extension authorizing the detainee to remain in the local correctional facility for up to twenty days per extension.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02983-01-7
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