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NY A04250
Bill
Status
2/1/2021
Primary Sponsor
David Weprin
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AI Summary
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State and local correctional facilities must establish visiting programs providing incarcerated people personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers, and others to promote individual transformation and better community adjustment upon release.
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Visiting programs must include reasonably accessible hours (including evening and/or weekend hours), visits of at least one hour minimum duration at local correctional facilities, and a published overcrowding policy that considers visitor travel distance, visit frequency, and prior visit terminations.
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Video conferencing may supplement but cannot replace in-person visits.
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Incarcerated people cannot be visited against their will by any person.
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Act takes effect 120 days after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Establishes a visiting program for incarcerated people, which gives incarcerated people opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release.
Last Action
ordered to third reading rules cal.116
5/10/2022