Assembly Bill A4466

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Directs the department of corrections and community supervision to test a program of supplying inmates with tablets for educational and recreational means

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  • 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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2021-A4466 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correctional Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A3820
2019-2020: A6274
2023-2024: A1031

2021-A4466 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of corrections and community supervision to test a program of supplying inmates with tablets for educational and recreational means.

2021-A4466 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4466
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER, SIMON, GOTTFRIED, WEPRIN -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT directing the department of corrections and community supervision
   to  test  a  program of supplying inmates with tablets for educational
   and recreational means

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  finding. The bureau of prisons offers secure
 email service to all federal inmates nationwide. County jails in  numer-
 ous  states  have  found  that  granting  inmates access to tablets with
 educational and recreational programs  including  secure  email  reduces
 idle time, improves morale and increases inmate productivity. Therefore,
 the  legislature finds that it would be beneficial for the department of
 corrections and community supervision operate a pilot  program  to  test
 the  benefit  of providing secure email and other electronic programs to
 inmates.
   § 2. The department of corrections  and  community  supervision  shall
 develop  and  implement a pilot program to test the benefit of a tablet-
 based portfolio of educational  and  recreation  programs,  including  a
 secured  email  program, to improve inmate communication with his or her
 family, attorney, community members  and  organizations,  and  with  the
 department itself. Such pilot program shall include no fewer than thirty
 non-internet based tablet devices providing a secure email communication
 program  in  addition  to  educational  and  recreational programs which
 consider the unique needs and circumstances  of  the  inmate  population
 including  factors  related  to  health, age, education, religion, voca-
 tional training and other determining characteristics as the  department
 may deem appropriate. One year after the department shall have commenced
 the  pilot  program  the department shall issue a report to the governor
 and the legislature on the impact of the pilot program on facility safe-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07652-01-1

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