Bill Text: NY S06466 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Restricts the use of segregated confinement and creates alternative therapeutic and rehabilitative confinement options; limits the length of time a person may be in segregated confinement and excludes certain persons from being placed in segregated confinement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-23 - PRINT NUMBER 6466A [S06466 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S06466-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Restricts the use of segregated confinement and creates alternative therapeutic and rehabilitative confinement options; limits the length of time a person may be in segregated confinement and excludes certain persons from being placed in segregated confinement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-23 - PRINT NUMBER 6466A [S06466 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S06466-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6466
I N S E N A T E
January 28, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. PERKINS -- 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 restricting the use
of segregated confinement and creating alternative therapeutic and
rehabilitative confinement options
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 137 of the correction law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
3 5-A. THE USE OF SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT, EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN SPECIAL
4 POPULATIONS, AND LENGTH OF TIME ANY PERSON CAN SPEND IN SEGREGATED
5 CONFINEMENT SHALL BE RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPHS (G), (H),
6 (I), (J), (K), (L), (M), AND (N) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF THIS SECTION OR
7 ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LAW.
8 S 2. Subdivision 23 of section 2 of the correction law, as added by
9 chapter 1 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
10 23. "Segregated confinement" means the [disciplinary] confinement,
11 OTHER THAN FOR EMERGENCY CONFINEMENT AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION
12 THIRTY-THREE OF THIS SECTION, OR FOR DOCUMENTED MEDICAL REASONS OR
13 MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCIES, of an inmate in a special housing unit or in
14 a separate keeplock housing unit OR ANY FORM OF KEEPLOCK, OR CELL
15 CONFINEMENT FOR MORE THAN SEVENTEEN HOURS A DAY OTHER THAN IN A FACILI-
16 TY-WIDE LOCKDOWN. Special housing units and separate keeplock units are
17 housing units that consist of cells grouped so as to provide separation
18 from the general population, and may be used to house inmates confined
19 pursuant to the disciplinary procedures described in regulations.
20 S 3. Section 2 of the correction law is amended by adding five new
21 subdivisions 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 to read as follows:
22 32. "SPECIAL POPULATIONS" MEANS ANY PERSON: (A) TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF
23 AGE OR YOUNGER; (B) FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER; (C) WITH A DISA-
24 BILITY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-ONE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINE-
25 TY-TWO OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FOR PURPOSES
26 OF MENTAL IMPAIRMENT, PERSONS WITH A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS AS DEFINED
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13381-02-4
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1 IN PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN
2 OF THIS CHAPTER; (D) WHO IS PREGNANT; OR (E) WHO IS OR IS PERCEIVED TO
3 BE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, OR INTERSEX.
4 33. "EMERGENCY CONFINEMENT" MEANS CONFINEMENT IN ANY CELL FOR NO MORE
5 THAN TWENTY-FOUR CONSECUTIVE HOURS AND NO MORE THAN FORTY-EIGHT TOTAL
6 HOURS IN ANY FIFTEEN DAY PERIOD, WITH AT LEAST ONE HOUR OF OUT-OF-CELL
7 RECREATION FOR EVERY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
8 34. "SHORT-TERM SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT" MEANS SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT
9 OF NO MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS AND SIX DAYS TOTAL WITHIN ANY
10 THIRTY DAY PERIOD.
11 35. "EXTENDED SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT" MEANS SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT OF
12 NO MORE THAN FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS AND TWENTY DAYS TOTAL WITHIN ANY
13 SIXTY DAY PERIOD.
14 36. "RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT" MEANS SECURE AND SEPARATE UNITS
15 USED FOR THERAPY, TREATMENT, AND REHABILITATIVE PROGRAMMING OF PEOPLE
16 WHO WOULD BE PLACED IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT FOR MORE THAN FIFTEEN
17 DAYS. SUCH UNITS ARE THERAPEUTIC AND TRAUMA-INFORMED, AND AIM TO ADDRESS
18 INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION NEEDS AND UNDERLYING CAUSES OF
19 PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIORS.
20 S 4. Subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction law is amended by
21 adding eight new paragraphs (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), and (n)
22 to read as follows:
23 (G) PERSONS IN A SPECIAL POPULATION AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THIRTY-
24 TWO OF SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL NOT BE PLACED IN SEGREGATED
25 CONFINEMENT FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. ANY SUCH PERSONS THE DEPARTMENT
26 WOULD OTHERWISE PLACE IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT SHALL REMAIN IN GENERAL
27 POPULATION OR BE DIVERTED TO A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT. IF A
28 PERSON IN A SPECIAL POPULATION IS PLACED IN EMERGENCY CONFINEMENT FOR
29 MORE THAN SIXTEEN HOURS, HE OR SHE SHALL BE ALLOWED OUT-OF-CELL AT LEAST
30 FOUR HOURS.
31 (H) NO PERSON MAY BE IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT FOR LONGER THAN NECES-
32 SARY AND NEVER MORE THAN FIFTEEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS NOR TWENTY TOTAL DAYS
33 WITHIN ANY SIXTY DAY PERIOD. AT THESE LIMITS, PERSONS MUST BE RELEASED
34 FROM SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT OR DIVERTED TO A SEPARATE SECURE RESIDENTIAL
35 REHABILITATION UNIT.
36 (I) (I) ALL SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT AND RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION
37 UNITS SHALL CREATE THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT NECESSARY FOR THE
38 SAFETY OF RESIDENTS, STAFF, AND THE SECURITY OF THE FACILITY.
39 (II) PERSONS IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT SHALL BE ALLOWED OUT-OF-CELL AT
40 LEAST FOUR HOURS PER DAY, INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE HOUR FOR RECREATION.
41 PERSONS IN RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS SHALL BE ALLOWED AT LEAST
42 SIX HOURS PER DAY OUT-OF-CELL FOR PROGRAMMING, SERVICES, TREATMENT,
43 AND/OR MEALS, AND AN ADDITIONAL MINIMUM OF ONE HOUR FOR RECREATION.
44 RECREATION IN ALL UNITS SHALL TAKE PLACE IN A CONGREGATE SETTING, UNLESS
45 EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES MEAN DOING SO WOULD CREATE A SIGNIFICANT AND
46 UNREASONABLE RISK TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OTHER INCARCERATED
47 PERSONS, STAFF, OR THE FACILITY.
48 (III) PERSONS IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT AND RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION
49 UNITS SHALL: (A) RECEIVE AT LEAST COMPARABLE MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
50 CARE TO GENERAL POPULATION, INCLUDING OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL
51 SERVICES, IN A SETTING ENSURING PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY; (B) HAVE
52 THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET IN A MANNER COMPARABLE TO GENERAL POPULATION, AND
53 NEVER HAVE RESTRICTED DIETS NOR ANY ORDER RESTRICTING ANY BASIC NEED
54 IMPOSED AS A FORM OF PUNISHMENT; (C) IF IN A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION
55 UNIT BE ABLE TO RETAIN ALL THEIR PROPERTY WITH THEM; (D) HAVE COMPARABLE
56 ACCESS TO ALL SERVICES AND MATERIALS AS IN GENERAL POPULATION; AND (E)
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1 BE ABLE TO RETAIN PROGRAM MATERIALS, COMPLETE PROGRAM ASSIGNMENTS, AND
2 CONTINUE UPON RETURN ALL UNCOMPLETED PROGRAMS THEY WERE IN PRIOR TO
3 PLACEMENT IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT OR A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION
4 UNIT.
5 (IV) WITHIN TEN DAYS OF ADMISSION TO A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION
6 UNIT, AN ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF PROGRAM, REHABILITATION,
7 MENTAL HEALTH, AND SECURITY STAFF SHALL ADMINISTER AN ASSESSMENT AND
8 DEVELOP IN COLLABORATION WITH THE RESIDENT AN INDIVIDUAL REHABILITATION
9 PLAN, BASED UPON THE PERSON'S MEDICAL, MENTAL HEALTH, AND PROGRAMMING
10 NEEDS, THAT IDENTIFIES SPECIFIC GOALS AND PROGRAMS, TREATMENT, AND
11 SERVICES TO BE OFFERED, WITH PROJECTED TIME FRAMES FOR COMPLETION AND
12 RELEASE FROM THE RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT.
13 (V) RESIDENTS IN RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS SHALL HAVE ACCESS TO
14 PROGRAMS AND JOBS COMPARABLE TO ALL CORE OUT-OF-CELL PROGRAMS IN GENERAL
15 POPULATION. SUCH RESIDENTS SHALL ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL
16 OUT-OF-CELL, TRAUMA-INFORMED THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMMING AIMED AT PROMOTING
17 PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, ADDRESSING UNDERLYING CAUSES OF PROBLEMATIC BEHAV-
18 IOR RESULTING IN PLACEMENT IN A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT, AND
19 HELPING PREPARE FOR DISCHARGE FROM THE UNIT AND TO THE COMMUNITY.
20 (VI) IF THE DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHES THAT A PERSON COMMITTED AN ACT
21 DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH (J) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHILE
22 IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT OR A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT AND POSES
23 A SIGNIFICANT AND UNREASONABLE RISK TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OTHER
24 RESIDENTS OR STAFF, THE DEPARTMENT MAY RESTRICT THAT PERSON'S PARTIC-
25 IPATION IN PROGRAMMING AND OUT-OF-CELL TIME AS NECESSARY FOR THE SAFETY
26 OF OTHER RESIDENTS AND STAFF. IF RESTRICTIONS ARE IMPOSED IN SEGREGATED
27 CONFINEMENT, THE DEPARTMENT MUST STILL PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO HOURS
28 OUT-OF-CELL TIME. IF RESTRICTIONS ARE IMPOSED IN A RESIDENTIAL REHABILI-
29 TATION UNIT, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP A NEW REHABILITATION PLAN,
30 PROVIDE AT LEAST THREE HOURS OUT-OF-CELL TIME, AND ON EACH DAY PROGRAM-
31 MING RESTRICTIONS ARE IMPOSED PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO HOURS OF OUT-OF-CELL
32 ONE-ON-ONE THERAPY WITH THE RESIDENT AND ONE HOUR OF OUT-OF-CELL RECRE-
33 ATION. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REMOVE ALL RESTRICTIONS WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS,
34 AND MAY NOT IMPOSE NEW RESTRICTIONS UNLESS THE PERSON COMMITS A NEW ACT
35 DEFINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH (J) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
36 (VII) RESTRAINTS SHALL NOT BE USED WHEN RESIDENTS LEAVE A CELL OR
37 HOUSING AREA FOR ON-UNIT OPERATIONS, UNLESS A RESIDENT WAS FOUND AT A
38 HEARING TO HAVE COMMITTED AN ACT OF VIOLENCE ON THE RESIDENTIAL REHABIL-
39 ITATION UNIT WITHIN THE PREVIOUS SEVEN DAYS OR IS CURRENTLY ACTING IN AN
40 UNACCEPTABLY VIOLENT MANNER, AND NOT USING RESTRAINTS WOULD CREATE A
41 SIGNIFICANT AND UNREASONABLE RISK TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OTHER
42 RESIDENTS OR STAFF.
43 (VIII) THERE SHALL BE A PRESUMPTION AGAINST THE IMPOSITION OF MISBE-
44 HAVIOR REPORTS, PURSUIT OF DISCIPLINARY CHARGES, OR IMPOSITION OF ADDI-
45 TIONAL TIME IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS IN SEGREGATED
46 CONFINEMENT OR RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL
47 USE OTHER NON-DISCIPLINARY INTERVENTIONS TO ADDRESS ANY PROBLEMATIC
48 BEHAVIOR. NO RESIDENT SHALL RECEIVE SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT TIME WHILE IN
49 SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT OR A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT EXCEPT WHERE
50 IT IS DETERMINED PURSUANT TO A DISCIPLINARY HEARING THAT HE OR SHE
51 COMMITTED ONE OR MORE ACT LISTED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH (J)
52 OF THIS SUBDIVISION WHILE ON THE UNIT, AND THAT HE OR SHE POSES A
53 SIGNIFICANT AND UNREASONABLE RISK TO THE SAFETY OF RESIDENTS OR STAFF,
54 OR THE SECURITY OF THE FACILITY.
55 (J) (I) THE DEPARTMENT MAY PLACE A PERSON IN EMERGENCY CONFINEMENT
56 WITHOUT A HEARING IF NECESSARY FOR IMMEDIATELY DEFUSING A SUBSTANTIAL
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1 AND IMMINENT THREAT TO SAFETY OR SECURITY OF INCARCERATED PERSONS OR
2 STAFF.
3 (II) THE DEPARTMENT IS ENCOURAGED TO USE RESPONSES OTHER THAN SEGRE-
4 GATED CONFINEMENT IN RESPONSE TO DEPARTMENT RULE VIOLATIONS. THE DEPART-
5 MENT MAY PLACE A PERSON IN SHORT TERM SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT IF IT
6 DETERMINES, PURSUANT TO AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING, THAT THE PERSON COMMIT-
7 TED A DEPARTMENT RULE VIOLATION WARRANTING SUCH CONFINEMENT AND THE
8 LENGTH OF SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT IMPOSED IS PROPORTIONATE TO THE
9 VIOLATION.
10 (III) THE DEPARTMENT MAY PLACE A PERSON IN EXTENDED SEGREGATED
11 CONFINEMENT OR A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT ONLY IF, PURSUANT TO AN
12 EVIDENTIARY HEARING, IT DETERMINES THE PERSON COMMITTED, WHILE UNDER
13 DEPARTMENT CUSTODY, OR PRIOR TO CUSTODY IF THE COMMISSIONER OR HIS OR
14 HER DESIGNEE DETERMINES IN WRITING BASED ON SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE CRITERIA
15 THE ACTS WERE SO HEINOUS OR DESTRUCTIVE THAT GENERAL POPULATION HOUSING
16 CREATES A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF IMMINENT SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO STAFF
17 OR OTHER INCARCERATED PERSONS, ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ACTS: (A) CAUSING OR
18 ATTEMPTING TO CAUSE SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY OR DEATH TO ANOTHER PERSON;
19 (B) COMPELLING OR ATTEMPTING TO COMPEL ANOTHER PERSON, BY FORCE OR
20 THREAT OF FORCE, TO ENGAGE IN A SEXUAL ACT; (C) EXTORTING ANOTHER, BY
21 FORCE OR THREAT OF FORCE, FOR PROPERTY OR MONEY; (D) COERCING ANOTHER,
22 BY FORCE OR THREAT OF FORCE, TO VIOLATE ANY RULE; (E) LEADING, ORGANIZ-
23 ING, OR INCITING A SERIOUS DISTURBANCE THAT RESULTS IN THE TAKING OF A
24 HOSTAGE, MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR PHYSICAL HARM TO ANOTHER PERSON; (F)
25 PROCURING DEADLY WEAPONS OR OTHER DANGEROUS CONTRABAND THAT POSES A
26 SERIOUS THREAT TO THE SECURITY OF THE INSTITUTION; OR (G) ESCAPING,
27 ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE OR FACILITATING AN ESCAPE FROM A FACILITY, OR WHILE
28 UNDER SUPERVISION OUTSIDE OF SUCH A FACILITY, RESULTING IN PHYSICAL HARM
29 OR THREATENED PHYSICAL HARM TO OTHERS, OR IN MAJOR DESTRUCTION TO THE
30 PHYSICAL PLANT.
31 (IV) NO PERSON MAY BE HELD IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT FOR PROTECTIVE
32 CUSTODY. ANY UNIT USED FOR PROTECTIVE CUSTODY MUST, AT A MINIMUM,
33 CONFORM TO REQUIREMENTS GOVERNING RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS UNDER
34 PARAGRAPHS (I), (L), (M), AND (N) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. WHEN APPLIED TO A
35 PERSON IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY, THE CRITERIA IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) AND
36 CLAUSE (A) OF SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH (L) OF THIS SUBDIVISION
37 SHALL BE THAT "THE PERSON STILL IS IN NEED OF PROTECTIVE CUSTODY"; AND
38 THE CRITERIA IN SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBDIVISION
39 SHALL BE THAT "THE PERSON IS IN VOLUNTARY PROTECTIVE CUSTODY."
40 (K) (I) ALL HEARINGS TO DETERMINE IF A PERSON MAY BE PLACED IN SHORT
41 TERM OR EXTENDED SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT SHALL OCCUR PRIOR TO PLACEMENT
42 IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT UNLESS A SECURITY SUPERVISOR, WITH WRITTEN
43 APPROVAL OF A FACILITY SUPERINTENDENT OR DESIGNEE, REASONABLY BELIEVES
44 THE PERSON FITS THE CRITERIA FOR EXTENDED SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT. IF A
45 HEARING DOES NOT TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO PLACEMENT, IT SHALL OCCUR AS SOON
46 AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE AND AT MOST WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF TRANSFER
47 UNLESS THE CHARGED PERSON SEEKS MORE TIME. ALL HEARINGS SHALL AT A MINI-
48 MUM COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS OF ALL DEPARTMENT RULES FOR DISCIPLINARY
49 HEARINGS AS OF JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN. PERSONS AT ALL
50 HEARINGS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO BE REPRESENTED BY ANY PRO BONO OR
51 RETAINED ATTORNEY, OR LAW STUDENT; OR ANY PARALEGAL OR INCARCERATED
52 PERSON UNLESS THE DEPARTMENT REASONABLY DISAPPROVES OF SUCH PARALEGAL OR
53 INCARCERATED PERSON BASED UPON OBJECTIVE WRITTEN CRITERIA DEVELOPED BY
54 THE DEPARTMENT CONCERNING QUALIFICATIONS TO BE AN ASSISTANT AT A HEAR-
55 ING.
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1 (II) ON NOTIFICATION A PERSON IS TO BE PLACED IN SEGREGATED CONFINE-
2 MENT AND PRIOR TO SUCH PLACEMENT, HE OR SHE SHALL BE ASSESSED BY RELE-
3 VANT LICENSED MEDICAL, SOCIAL, AND/OR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO
4 DETERMINE WHETHER HE OR SHE BELONGS TO ANY SPECIAL POPULATION AS DEFINED
5 IN SUBDIVISION THIRTY-TWO OF SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER. IF A PERSON
6 DISPUTES A DETERMINATION THAT HE OR SHE IS NOT IN A SPECIAL POPULATION,
7 HE OR SHE SHALL BE PROVIDED A HEARING WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF PLACE-
8 MENT IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT TO CHALLENGE SUCH DETERMINATION.
9 (L) (I) ANY SANCTION IMPOSED ON AN INCARCERATED PERSON REQUIRING
10 SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT SHALL RUN WHILE THE PERSON IS IN A RESIDENTIAL
11 REHABILITATION UNIT AND THE PERSON SHALL BE DISCHARGED FROM THE UNIT
12 BEFORE OR AT THE TIME THAT SANCTION EXPIRES.
13 (II) WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF ADMISSION TO A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION
14 UNIT AND EVERY SIXTY DAYS THEREAFTER, THE ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE SHALL
15 REVIEW EACH RESIDENT'S PROGRESS AND DISCHARGE A RESIDENT UNLESS IT
16 DETERMINES IN WRITING THROUGH CREDIBLE AND RELIABLE EVIDENCE THAT THERE
17 IS CURRENTLY A SUBSTANTIAL LIKELIHOOD THAT THE RESIDENT WILL COMMIT AN
18 ACT LISTED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH (J) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
19 (III) WITHIN ONE HUNDRED DAYS AFTER ADMISSION TO A RESIDENTIAL REHA-
20 BILITATION UNIT AND EVERY ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS THEREAFTER, A REHABIL-
21 ITATION REVIEW COMMITTEE, COMPRISED OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITY EXECUTIVE
22 LEVEL PROGRAM, REHABILITATION, AND SECURITY STAFF SHALL DISCHARGE A
23 RESIDENT FROM A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT UNLESS IT DETERMINES IN
24 WRITING, AFTER CONSIDERING THE RESIDENT'S ORAL STATEMENT AND ANY WRITTEN
25 SUBMISSIONS BY THE RESIDENT OR OTHERS, THAT: (A) THERE IS CURRENTLY A
26 SUBSTANTIAL LIKELIHOOD THAT THE RESIDENT WILL COMMIT AN ACT LISTED IN
27 SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH (J) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SIGNIFICANT
28 THERAPEUTIC REASONS EXIST FOR KEEPING THE RESIDENT IN THE UNIT TO
29 COMPLETE SPECIFIC PROGRAM OR TREATMENT GOALS, AND REMAINING IN THE UNIT
30 IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE RESIDENT; OR (B) THE RESIDENT HAS COMMIT-
31 TED AN ACT LISTED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH (J) OF THIS SUBDI-
32 VISION DURING THE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE REVIEW.
33 (IV) IF A RESIDENT HAS SPENT ONE YEAR IN A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION
34 UNIT OR IS WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF A FIXED OR TENTATIVELY APPROVED DATE FOR
35 RELEASE FROM A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, HE SHALL BE DISCHARGED FROM THE
36 UNIT UNLESS HE OR SHE COMMITTED AN ACT LISTED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF
37 PARAGRAPH (J) OF THIS SUBDIVISION WITHIN THE PRIOR ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY
38 DAYS OR HE OR SHE CAUSED THE DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON WHILE UNDER DEPART-
39 MENT CUSTODY OR ESCAPED OR ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE FROM DEPARTMENT OR OTHER
40 POLICE CUSTODY AND THE REHABILITATION REVIEW COMMITTEE DETERMINES HE OR
41 SHE POSES A SIGNIFICANT AND UNREASONABLE RISK TO THE SAFETY OR SECURITY
42 OF INCARCERATED PERSONS OR STAFF, BUT IN ANY SUCH CASE THE DECISION NOT
43 TO DISCHARGE SUCH PERSON SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY AND AUTOMATICALLY
44 SUBJECTED TO AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW BY THE JUSTICE CENTER ENTITY WITH
45 OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER SECTION FOUR HUNDRED ONE-A OF THIS
46 CHAPTER, WITH TIMELY NOTICE GIVEN TO THE INCARCERATED PERSON OF THE
47 SUBMISSION OF THE CASE TO THE JUSTICE CENTER AND OF THE DECISION OF THE
48 JUSTICE CENTER. IF THE JUSTICE CENTER DISAGREES WITH THE DECISION TO
49 NOT DISCHARGE, THE RESIDENT WILL BE IMMEDIATELY RELEASED FROM THE RESI-
50 DENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT. IF THE JUSTICE CENTER AGREES WITH THE DECI-
51 SION TO NOT DISCHARGE, THE DISCHARGE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THIS PARA-
52 GRAPH SHALL APPLY INCLUDING ANNUAL REVIEWS BY THE JUSTICE CENTER OF A
53 DECISION BY THE REHABILITATION REVIEW COMMITTEE TO REFUSE TO RELEASE A
54 RESIDENT, HOWEVER, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL ANY SUCH PERSON BE HELD
55 IN THE RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS UNLESS
56 THE REHABILITATION REVIEW COMMITTEE DETERMINES HE OR SHE COMMITTED AN
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1 ACT LISTED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH (J) OF THIS SUBDIVISION
2 WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE THREE YEAR
3 PERIOD AND POSES A SIGNIFICANT AND UNREASONABLE RISK TO THE SAFETY OR
4 SECURITY OF INCARCERATED PERSONS OR STAFF.
5 (V) AFTER EACH ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE AND REHABILITATION REVIEW COMMIT-
6 TEE DECISION, IF A RESIDENT IS NOT DISCHARGED FROM THE RESIDENTIAL REHA-
7 BILITATION UNIT, THE RESPECTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL SPECIFY IN WRITING (A)
8 THE REASONS FOR THE DETERMINATION AND (B) THE PROGRAM, TREATMENT,
9 SERVICE, AND/OR CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUIREMENTS FOR DISCHARGE. THE RESI-
10 DENT SHALL BE GIVEN ACCESS TO THE PROGRAMS, TREATMENT AND SERVICES SPEC-
11 IFIED, AND SHALL BE DISCHARGED FROM THE RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT
12 UPON COMPLETION UNLESS THE RESIDENT HAS COMMITTED AN ACT LISTED IN
13 SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF PARAGRAPH (J) OF THIS SUBDIVISION DURING THE
14 PREVIOUS ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS.
15 (VI) WHEN A RESIDENT IS DISCHARGED FROM A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION
16 UNIT, ANY REMAINING SENTENCE TO SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT TIME WILL BE
17 DISMISSED. IF A RESIDENT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETES HIS REHABILITATION
18 PLAN, HE OR SHE WILL HAVE ALL GOOD TIME RESTORED UPON DISCHARGE FROM THE
19 UNIT.
20 (M) ALL STAFF, INCLUDING SUPERVISORY STAFF, WORKING IN A SEGREGATED
21 CONFINEMENT OR RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT SHALL UNDERGO A MINIMUM
22 OF FORTY HOURS OF TRAINING PRIOR TO WORKING ON THE UNIT AND TWENTY-FOUR
23 HOURS ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, ON SUBSTANTIVE CONTENT DEVELOPED IN CONSULTA-
24 TION WITH RELEVANT EXPERTS, INCLUDING TRAUMA, PSYCHIATRIC AND RESTORA-
25 TIVE JUSTICE EXPERTS, ON TOPICS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
26 PURPOSE AND GOALS OF THE NON-PUNITIVE THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT AND
27 DISPUTE RESOLUTION METHODS. PRIOR TO PRESIDING OVER ANY HEARINGS, ALL
28 HEARING OFFICERS SHALL UNDERGO A MINIMUM OF FORTY HOURS OF TRAINING, AND
29 EIGHT HOURS ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, ON RELEVANT TOPICS, INCLUDING BUT NOT
30 LIMITED TO, THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SEGREGATED
31 CONFINEMENT, PROCEDURAL AND DUE PROCESS RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED, AND
32 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE REMEDIES.
33 (N) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE MONTHLY REPORTS OF
34 THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AS OF THE FIRST DAY OF EACH MONTH, AND SEMI-ANNUAL
35 AND ANNUAL CUMULATIVE REPORTS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE, WHO ARE (I)
36 IN SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT; AND (II) IN RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS;
37 ALONG WITH A BREAKDOWN OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE (III) IN SEGREGATED
38 CONFINEMENT AND (IV) IN RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS BY (A) AGE; (B)
39 RACE; (C) GENDER; (D) MENTAL HEALTH LEVEL; (E) HEALTH STATUS; (F) DRUG
40 ADDICTION STATUS; (G) PREGNANCY STATUS; (H) LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL,
41 TRANSGENDER, OR INTERSEX STATUS; AND (I) TOTAL CONTINUOUS LENGTH OF
42 STAY, AND TOTAL LENGTH OF STAY IN THE PAST SIXTY DAYS, IN SEGREGATED
43 CONFINEMENT OR A RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNIT.
44 S 5. Section 401-a of the correction law is amended by adding a new
45 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
46 4. THE JUSTICE CENTER SHALL ASSESS COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF, AND
47 AT LEAST ANNUALLY REPORT ON AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT,
48 LEGISLATURE, AND PUBLIC IN WRITING, REGARDING ALL ASPECTS OF SEGREGATED
49 CONFINEMENT AND RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS IN STATE CORRECTIONAL
50 FACILITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER,
51 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO POLICIES AND PRACTICES REGARDING: (A)
52 PLACEMENT OF PERSONS; (B) SPECIAL POPULATIONS; (C) LENGTH OF TIME SPENT;
53 (D) HEARINGS AND PROCEDURES; (E) CONDITIONS, PROGRAMS, SERVICES, CARE,
54 AND TREATMENT; AND (F) ASSESSMENTS AND REHABILITATION PLANS, AND PROCE-
55 DURES AND DETERMINATIONS MADE AS TO WHETHER PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN IN
56 RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS.
S. 6466 7
1 S 6. Subdivision 4 of section 45 of the correction law, as amended by
2 section 15 of subpart A of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 4. (A) Establish procedures to assure effective investigation of
5 grievances of, and conditions affecting, inmates of local correctional
6 facilities. Such procedures shall include but not be limited to receipt
7 of written complaints, interviews of persons, and on-site monitoring of
8 conditions. In addition, the commission shall establish procedures for
9 the speedy and impartial review of grievances referred to it by the
10 commissioner of the department of corrections and community supervision.
11 (B) THE COMMISSION SHALL ALSO ASSESS COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF, AND
12 AT LEAST ANNUALLY REPORT ON AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT,
13 LEGISLATURE, AND PUBLIC, REGARDING ALL ASPECTS OF SEGREGATED CONFINEMENT
14 AND RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION UNITS IN FACILITIES GOVERNED BY SECTION
15 FIVE HUNDRED-K OF THIS CHAPTER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO POLICIES
16 AND PRACTICES FOR BOTH REGARDING: (I) PLACEMENT OF PERSONS; (II) SPECIAL
17 POPULATIONS; (III) LENGTH OF TIME SPENT; (IV) HEARINGS AND PROCEDURES;
18 (V) CONDITIONS, PROGRAMS, SERVICES, CARE, AND TREATMENT; AND (VI)
19 ASSESSMENTS AND REHABILITATION PLANS, AND PROCEDURES AND DETERMINATIONS
20 MADE AS TO WHETHER PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN IN RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION
21 UNITS.
22 S 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
