Bill Text: NY S02594 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish contraband screening at correctional facilities including canines at the entrances and a third-party secure vendor mail program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-11 - PRINT NUMBER 2594A [S02594 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02594-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2594--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 22, 2021
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        Introduced  by Sens. HELMING, GALLIVAN, O'MARA -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Crime
          Victims, Crime and Correction -- recommitted to the Committee on Crime
          Victims, Crime and Correction in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to contraband  screening
          at correctional facilities

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
     3    6.  (a)  The  commissioner shall establish a contraband screening plan
     4  which shall include, but not be limited to:
     5    (i) the use of a leashed and controlled canine trained to detect ille-
     6  gal drugs at the entrance of each correctional facility;
     7    (ii) the search of visitors, correctional staff, bags and other  items
     8  entering  the  facility  which may include, but not be limited to, elec-
     9  tronic searches, metal detectors, pat searches, visual searches of  oral
    10  cavities,   and   any  other  legal  technology  at  the  commissioner's
    11  discretion;
    12    (iii) the training of staff on  up  to  date  and  current  contraband
    13  screening procedures; and
    14    (iv)  a  third-party secure vendor mail program to be utilized for the
    15  delivery of all non-privileged correspondence to  incarcerated  individ-
    16  uals  including  but  not  limited  to,  the  order  and delivery of all
    17  products to incarcerated individuals housed at correctional facilities.
    18    (b) The commissioner shall provide a copy of such contraband screening
    19  plan as well as the prior year's  plan  including  but  not  limited  to
    20  results of the canine assignments, number of attempts to promote contra-
    21  band,  including  data on contraband confiscated through the third-party

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04536-07-1
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     1  secure vendor mail program and the  number  of  urine  tests  and  their
     2  results conducted statewide by facilities to the legislature by December
     3  thirty-first each year.
     4    (c)  The  commissioner may promulgate any rules and regulations neces-
     5  sary to implement the provisions of this subdivision.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.