Bill Title: Prohibits new correctional facilities on Rikers Island in NYC from increasing prisoner capacity in excess of maximum established on 7/1/87; requires board of correction and NYC department of correction to develop plan for orderly reduction of Rikers Island prisoner population by transferring of prisoners from Rikers Island to smaller new or renovated correctional facilities by 1/1/14; provides that any municipal official not complying herewith shall be issued a citation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-19 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S04614 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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