Senate Bill S3056

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the employment of state and local work release inmates by not-for-profit organizations and public service projects

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S3056 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง851, 855, 853, 870 & 871, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3409
2011-2012: S744
2013-2014: S2204
2017-2018: S560

2015-S3056 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the employment of state and local work release inmates by not-for-profit organizations and public service projects; provides that inmates and prisoners may refuse to participate in employment by a not-for-profit organization when such employment is contrary to his or her religious or ideological beliefs.

2015-S3056 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S3056 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3056

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. YOUNG, GALLIVAN, LARKIN, MARCHIONE, O'MARA, RANZEN-
  HOFER -- read twice and  ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
  committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction

AN  ACT  to amend the correction law, in relation to authorizing employ-
  ment by not-for-profit organizations and public service projects under
  the work release program

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 851 of the correction law, as
amended by chapter 60 of the  laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3. "Work release program" means a program under which eligible inmates
may  be  granted the privilege of leaving the premises of an institution
for a period not exceeding fourteen hours in any day for the purpose  of
on-the-job   training   or   employment,   INCLUDING   EMPLOYMENT  BY  A
NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION OR A PUBLIC  SERVICE  PROJECT,  or  for  any
matter  necessary  to  the  furtherance  of any such purposes. No person
shall be released into a work release program unless  prior  to  release
such  person  has  a  reasonable  assurance of a job training program or
employment. If after release, such person ceases to be employed or ceas-
es to participate in the training program,  the  inmate's  privilege  to
participate  in  such  work release program may be revoked in accordance
with rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 851 of the correction law, as  added  by
chapter 472 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as follows:
  3. "Work release program" means a program under which eligible inmates
may  be  granted the privilege of leaving the premises of an institution
for the purpose of education, on-the-job training or employment, INCLUD-
ING EMPLOYMENT BY A NOT-FOR-PROFIT  ORGANIZATION  OR  A  PUBLIC  SERVICE
PROJECT.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05953-01-5

              

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