Senate Bill S4497

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the confinement of inmates under the age of eighteen

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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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2021-S4497 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Law Section:
Correction Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §137, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S4061
2019-2020: S374
2023-2024: S6001

2021-S4497 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the confinement of inmates under the age of eighteen who shall not be placed in segregated confinement for any reason.

2021-S4497 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4497 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4497
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 the confinement of
   inmates under the age of eighteen
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 6 of section 137 of
 the correction law, as amended by chapter 1 of  the  laws  of  2008,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   Except  as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this subdivision, the
 superintendent of a correctional facility may  keep  any  inmate,  OTHER
 THAN  INMATES UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS WHO SHALL NOT BE PLACED IN
 SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT FOR ANY REASON, confined in a cell or room, apart
 from the accommodations provided for inmates who  are  participating  in
 programs  of the facility, for such period as may be necessary for main-
 tenance of order or discipline, but  in  any  such  case  the  following
 conditions shall be observed:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05888-01-1

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