Bill Text: NY A01610 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Restricts the segregated confinement of pregnant inmates to situations where there are exceptional circumstances which would create an unacceptable risk to other inmates or staff.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 47-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-18 - REFERRED TO RULES [A01610 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01610-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          1610
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROZIC,  ABINANTI,  AUBRY,  BARRETT,  BARRON,
          BICHOTTE, BLAKE, COLTON, CRESPO, CURRAN, DINOWITZ, ENGLEBRIGHT,  FAHY,
          GOTTFRIED,  HEVESI,  HUNTER,  JAFFEE,  JOYNER, LUPARDO, MAYER, MOSLEY,
          O'DONNELL, PICHARDO, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY,  QUART,  RAIA,  ROSENTHAL,
          SEPULVEDA,  SKOUFIS,  STECK, STIRPE, TITONE, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored
          by -- M. of A. ARROYO, BRAUNSTEIN, COOK, DAVILA, GALEF,  GLICK,  SIMON
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  correction  law,  in relation to the segregated
          confinement of pregnant inmates
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 6 of section 137 of
     2  the correction law, as amended by chapter 1 of  the  laws  of  2008,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    Except  as  provided  in  paragraphs  (d)  [and], (e), and (g) of this
     5  subdivision, the superintendent of a correctional facility may keep  any
     6  inmate  confined  in  a  cell  or  room,  apart  from the accommodations
     7  provided for inmates who are participating in programs of the  facility,
     8  for  such  period as may be necessary for maintenance of order or disci-
     9  pline, but in any such case the following conditions shall be observed:
    10    § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction law is amended  by
    11  adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
    12    (g) Segregated confinement is prohibited for pregnant inmates, inmates
    13  who  have  given  birth  within  the past eight weeks and inmate mothers
    14  living with infants in prison nursery programs.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01140-01-7
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