Bill Text: NY A01907 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the confinement of inmates under the age of eighteen who shall not be placed in segregated confinement for any reason.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - ordered to third reading cal.144 [A01907 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A01907-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1907 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the confinement of inmates under the age of eighteen 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) of this subdivision, the 5 superintendent of a correctional facility may keep any inmate, other 6 than inmates under the age of eighteen years who shall not be placed in 7 segregated confinement for any reason, confined in a cell or room, apart 8 from the accommodations provided for inmates who are participating in 9 programs of the facility, for such period as may be necessary for main- 10 tenance of order or discipline, but in any such case the following 11 conditions shall be observed: 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06817-01-7
