What's happening
This bill requires that the state board of parole and parole hearing officers reflect the geographic distribution of the inmate population by county.
Why it matters
Aims to ensure fairer regional representation. on the state parole board and among parole hearing officers, so that decisions are influenced by individuals from the same counties as the inmates, potentially reducing geographic bias in parole considerations.
Could impact parole outcomes. by giving more weight to perspectives from urban or rural counties in proportion to their incarcerated populations, which may affect policy, resources, and release decisions.
Might shift power dynamics. within the parole system, as counties with higher inmate populations would gain greater representation in parole-related decisions, possibly leading to more responsive or locally informed parole processes.
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Parole Board Must Reflect Counties
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Sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to correction
- Referred to correction
Companion bill
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Make Parole Board Reflect Counties
In Senate Committee · Crime Victims, Crime And Correction · Sponsor Zellnor Myrie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
36
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RIVERA, TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
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.
LBD02410-01-9
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