Bill Text: NY A01776 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes a study by the department of corrections and community supervision pertaining to the treatment of aging prison populations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - ordered to third reading cal.133 [A01776 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01776-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1776
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Correction
        AN  ACT  authorizing  a  study  by  the  New  York  state  department of
          corrections and community supervision to study the treatment of  aging
          prison populations and make recommendations for ensuring humane treat-
          ment of such populations
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The department of  corrections  and  community  supervision
     2  shall  undertake  a study of the treatment, conditions and prevalence of
     3  aging prison populations and what plans, if any, such department has  to
     4  provide  for this increasing segment of the inmate population. The study
     5  shall include but not be limited to the following:
     6    (a) a profile of the current elderly inmate population and  statistics
     7  relating  to its demographics including length and type of sentence, age
     8  at parole eligibility, race, gender, region  of  commitment,  commitment
     9  crime and any other data that may describe such population;
    10    (b)  projected  inmate  populations  for  elderly inmates for the next
    11  five, ten and twenty years;
    12    (c) factors contributing to the growth in the number and proportion of
    13  elderly inmates;
    14    (d) whether, and to what extent, older prison  populations  are  being
    15  provided  with  adequate  or  specialized  housing,  medical  care,  and
    16  specialized programs that respond to their unique needs and vulnerabili-
    17  ties, such as the need for wheelchair  accessibility  or  accommodations
    18  relating  to diminished mental or physical capacity, including a profile
    19  of such housing, medical care and programs currently provided to elderly
    20  inmates and a projection of such provisions that will  be  needed  five,
    21  ten and twenty years hence;
    22    (e) provision of specialized training for corrections officers working
    23  with older inmates including what training is currently provided; and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06712-01-7
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     1    (f)  a  profile  of  classification  and  facilities  assigned to such
     2  inmates including what institutional oversight, if any, exists to ensure
     3  the welfare of older inmates within each correctional facility.
     4    §  2.  The  department  of corrections and community supervision shall
     5  make a report to the governor and the  legislature  of  the  information
     6  required  under  section  one of this act, its findings and conclusions,
     7  and any legislative recommendations it deems necessary no later than one
     8  year after the effective date of this act.
     9    § 3. To the maximum extent feasible, the department of corrections and
    10  community supervision shall be entitled to request and receive and shall
    11  utilize and be provided with such facilities, resources and data of  any
    12  court,  department, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the
    13  state or any political subdivision thereof as it may reasonably  request
    14  to carry out properly its responsibilities pursuant to this act.
    15    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.