Assembly Bill A6411

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A6411 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Correction
Law Section:
Correctional Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A3820
2019-2020: A6274
2021-2022: A4466
2023-2024: A1031

2025-A6411 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-A6411 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6411
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WALKER, SIMON, WEPRIN -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Correction
 
 AN ACT in relation to directing the department of corrections and commu-
   nity supervision to test a program of supplying incarcerated  individ-
   uals 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 incarcerated individuals nationwide. County
 jails  in numerous states have found that granting incarcerated individ-
 uals access  to  tablets  with  educational  and  recreational  programs
 including  secure email reduces idle time, improves morale and increases
 incarcerated individuals productivity. Therefore, the legislature  finds
 that it would be beneficial for the department of corrections and commu-
 nity  supervision  to  operate  a  pilot  program to test the benefit of
 providing secure email and other  electronic  programs  to  incarcerated
 individuals.
   §  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 communication with incarcerated  indi-
 vidual's 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 commu-
 nication program in addition to educational  and  recreational  programs
 which  consider  the unique needs and circumstances of the population of
 incarcerated individuals  including  factors  related  to  health,  age,
 education,  religion,  vocational training and other determining charac-
 teristics 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06031-01-5

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