NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1870
SPONSOR: Jones TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to enacting the "prison
privilege limitation act"
PURPOSE:
To enact the "Prison Privilege Limitation Act."
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Amends the correction law to state that an individual who has been
convicted of first or second degree murder, aggravated murder, or first,
second, or third degree rape shall be ineligible to partake in a
furlough program established pursuant to article twenty-two-a of this
chapter or a temporary release program established pursuant to article
twenty-six of this chapter. Furthermore, except for receiving medical
treatment, no such civilian shall be left in the company of civilians
without supervision of a prison guard or law enforcement officer no
should such individual be ranted the privilege of wearing civilian
clothing
JUSTIFICATION:
This bill addresses some important concerns with prison privileges in
state correctional facilities. This bill only applies to the worse
offenders, those who have been convicted of murder or rape, and requir-
ing a prison guard or law enforcement officer to be present when these
offenders are in the company of civilians is not an unreasonable policy.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
06/19/2015 A.8306 referred to correction
01/06/2016 A.8306 referred to correction
03/29/2016 A.8306 held for consideration in correction
06/02/2017 A.8247 referred to correction
01/03/2018 A.8247 referred to correction
01/15/2019 A.1349 referred to correction
01/08/2020 A.1349 referred to correction
01/06/21 referred to correction
01/05/22 referred to correction
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1870
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 23, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. JONES, COLTON, WOERNER, BLANKENBUSH, FRIEND,
PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to enacting the "prison
privilege limitation act"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "prison
2 privilege limitation act".
3 § 2. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 627 to read
4 as follows:
5 § 627. Limitation of prison privileges for certain individuals. An
6 individual in a state correctional facility, as defined by subdivision
7 four of section two of this chapter, who has been convicted and is serv-
8 ing a sentence pursuant to section 125.25, 125.26, 125.27, 130.30 and/or
9 130.35 of the penal law, except for the purposes of receiving medical
10 treatment pursuant to section five hundred eight of this chapter, shall
11 not be left in the company of civilians without supervision of a
12 correction officer or law enforcement officer. In no case shall such
13 individual be granted the privilege of wearing civilian clothing.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02518-01-3
