Bill Text: NY S09057 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of corrections and community supervision to conduct a comprehensive study on deaths in correctional facilities within New York state to provide data-driven insights and recommendations to improve prison conditions, healthcare, and policies to prevent future tragedies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-21 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S09057 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09057-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9057

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 15, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,  Crime  and
          Correction

        AN ACT directing the department of corrections and community supervision
          to  conduct a comprehensive study on deaths in correctional facilities
          within New York state

          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 conduct a comprehensive study on deaths in correctional facilities
     3  within New York state to provide data-driven  insights  and  recommenda-
     4  tions  to improve prison conditions, healthcare, and policies to prevent
     5  future tragedies. Such study shall:
     6    1. Determine the number and causes of deaths in New York state correc-
     7  tional facilities over the past decade;
     8    2. Assess the adequacy of the mental health and medical services with-
     9  in correctional facilities;
    10    3. Identify any patterns or trends  in  the  data  that  may  indicate
    11  systemic issues or areas needing improvement;
    12    4.  Evaluate  the effectiveness of existing policies and procedures in
    13  preventing deaths in custody; and
    14    5. Recommend measures to improve the health and safety of incarcerated
    15  individuals.
    16    § 2. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the department
    17  of corrections and community supervision shall issue  a  report  of  the
    18  findings  of  the  study to the governor, the temporary president of the
    19  senate and the speaker of the assembly.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14880-01-4