Bill Text: NY S08966 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8966 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relates to allowing telephone calls prior to an inmate's transfer except under exceptional circumstances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-13 - PRINT NUMBER 8966A [S08966 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8966
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 8, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to allowing a  telephone
          call prior to an inmate's transfer
          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  23  of  the  correction  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  254  of  the  laws  of 2017, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    1. The commissioner shall have the power to transfer inmates from  one
     5  correctional  facility to another. Whenever the transfer of inmates from
     6  one correctional facility to another shall be ordered by the commission-
     7  er, the superintendent of the facility from which the inmates are trans-
     8  ferred shall take immediate steps to make  the  transfer.  The  transfer
     9  shall  be  in  accordance  with rules and regulations promulgated by the
    10  department for the safe delivery  of  such  inmates  to  the  designated
    11  facility.  [Within]  Immediately  prior  to the transfer, the department
    12  shall electronically notify the inmate's next of kin or personal  repre-
    13  sentative  of  the  transfer  and the inmate shall be allowed to make at
    14  least one personal phone call, except  under  exceptional  circumstances
    15  when  to do so would create an unacceptable risk to the safety and secu-
    16  rity of inmates or staff.   Additionally, within  twenty-four  hours  of
    17  arriving  at  the  facility to which an inmate is transferred, he or she
    18  shall be allowed to make at least one personal phone call,  except  when
    19  to do so would create an unacceptable risk to the safety and security of
    20  inmates or staff. If security precautions prevent the inmate from making
    21  such call, a staff member designated by the superintendent of the facil-
    22  ity  shall  make  a  call  to a person of the inmate's choice unless the
    23  inmate declines to have such a call made.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    25  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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