Bill Text: NY A08321 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8321 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires reporting of certain abuses in correctional facilities to the office of the inspector general.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to correction [A08321 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A08321-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8321
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 24, 2015
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       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  reporting  certain
         matters to the state inspector general
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 112  of  the  correction  law,  as
    2  amended  by  section 19 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
    3  of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
    4    1. The commissioner of corrections  and  community  supervision  shall
    5  have  the  superintendence,  management  and control of the correctional
    6  facilities in the department and of the inmates confined therein, and of
    7  all matters relating to the government, discipline, policing,  contracts
    8  and  fiscal  concerns  thereof  EXCEPT  THAT  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL BE A
    9  COVERED AGENCY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOUR-A OF THE EXECUTIVE  LAW.  He  or
   10  she shall have the power and it shall be his or her duty to inquire into
   11  all  matters  connected  with said correctional facilities AND TO REPORT
   12  ANY ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION, FRAUD, CRIMINAL  ACTIVITY,  CONFLICTS  OF
   13  INTEREST  OR  ABUSE  TO  THE  OFFICE  OF THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR
   14  INVESTIGATION. He or she shall make such rules and regulations,  not  in
   15  conflict  with  the  statutes  of  this state, for the government of the
   16  officers and other employees of the department assigned to said  facili-
   17  ties,  and  in regard to the duties to be performed by them, and for the
   18  government and discipline of each correctional facility, as  he  or  she
   19  may  deem  proper,  and  shall  cause  such  rules and regulations to be
   20  recorded by the superintendent of the facility, and a copy thereof to be
   21  furnished to each employee assigned to the facility.  He  or  she  shall
   22  also  prescribe  a  system  of  accounts  and records to be kept at each
   23  correctional facility, which system shall be  uniform  at  all  of  said
   24  facilities,  and  he  or she shall also make rules and regulations for a
   25  record of  photographs  and  other  means  of  identifying  each  inmate
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11726-01-5
       A. 8321                             2
    1  received  into  said  facilities.  He  or  she shall appoint and remove,
    2  subject to the civil service law and  rules,  subordinate  officers  and
    3  other  employees  of  the  department  who  are assigned to correctional
    4  facilities.
    5    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
    6  the date on which it shall have become a law.