Bill Text: NY A00930 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the prohibition of double-bunked housing in correctional facilities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to correction [A00930 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A00930-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 930 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES, D'URSO, ABBATE, TAYLOR, RIVERA, LUPARDO, GIGLIO, PALMESANO, GOTTFRIED, COOK, ARROYO, WALSH, WEPRIN, FRIEND -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the prohibition of double-bunked housing in correctional facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 607 2 to read as follows: 3 § 607. Prohibition of double-bunked housing. 1. For purposes of this 4 section "double-bunked housing" shall mean the practice of inmate hous- 5 ing where bunk beds are used in a dormitory setting, with inmates resid- 6 ing in an open space and sleeping on bunk beds. 7 2. Upon the effective date of this section, the department is prohib- 8 ited from housing inmates using double-bunked housing practices in 9 correctional facilities. Any inmates housed in such double-bunked hous- 10 ing on the effective date of this section shall be moved to other hous- 11 ing accommodations provided that such accommodations are not located in 12 a more restrictive housing unit or correctional facility unless other- 13 wise appropriate. 14 3. The department is authorized to promulgate or repeal any rules and 15 regulations necessary to facilitate the implementation of this section. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 17 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02991-01-9