Bill Text: NY A07153 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to correction [A07153 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07153-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7153
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 10, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL, WEPRIN, DILAN, BARRON -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on 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:
     1    Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 6 of section 137 of
     2  the correction law, as amended by chapter 1 of  the  laws  of  2008,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    Except  as provided in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this subdivision, the
     5  superintendent of a correctional facility may  keep  any  inmate,  other
     6  than  inmates under the age of eighteen years who shall not be placed in
     7  segregated confinement for any reason, confined in a cell or room, apart
     8  from the accommodations provided for inmates who  are  participating  in
     9  programs  of the facility, for such period as may be necessary for main-
    10  tenance of order or discipline, but  in  any  such  case  the  following
    11  conditions shall be observed:
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03509-01-9