Bill Text: NY A01776 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1776 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 13, 2017 ___________ 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. LBD06712-01-7A. 1776 2 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.
