Bill Text: NY A10173 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the prohibition of double-bunked housing in correctional facilities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-8)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-22 - print number 10173a [A10173 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A10173-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10173--A IN ASSEMBLY March 22, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES, D'URSO, ABBATE, TAYLOR, RIVERA, LUPARDO, GIGLIO, PALMESANO, OAKS, JENNE, GOTTFRIED, COOK, SKOUFIS, ARROYO, WALSH, WEPRIN, BRINDISI, BOHEN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to the prohibition of double-bunked housing in correctional facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 607 2 to read as follows: 3 § 607. Prohibition of double-bunked housing. 1. For purposes of this 4 section "double-bunked housing" shall mean the practice of inmate hous- 5 ing where bunk beds are used in a dormitory setting, with inmates resid- 6 ing in an open space and sleeping on bunk beds. 7 2. Upon the effective date of this section, the department is prohib- 8 ited from housing inmates using double-bunked housing practices in 9 correctional facilities. Any inmates housed in such double-bunked hous- 10 ing on the effective date of this section shall be moved to other hous- 11 ing accommodations provided that such accommodations are not located in 12 a more restrictive housing unit or correctional facility unless other- 13 wise appropriate. 14 3. The department is authorized to promulgate or repeal any rules and 15 regulations necessary to facilitate the implementation of this section. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 17 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14701-02-8