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NY A02608
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/21/2025
Primary Sponsor
Eddie Gibbs
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AI Summary
- Amends the correction law to require equal phone call privileges for incarcerated individuals calling family members internationally versus domestically
- Prohibits the Department of Corrections from imposing different restrictions on call duration, number of calls, or phone access based on whether family members are located outside the continental United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, or Central Northern Mariana Islands
- Takes effect 90 days after becoming law
- Authorizes the department to begin developing necessary rules and regulations immediately upon passage to ensure implementation by the effective date
Legislative Description
Creates parity for incarcerated individual telephone services for international calls to family members outside continental United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam or Central Northern Mariana Islands by requiring identical restrictions on the duration or number of phone calls and use of unit or facility phones made available to incarcerated individuals who are calling family members who are not outside continental United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam or Central Northern Mariana Islands.
Last Action
referred to correction
1/7/2026
Committee Referrals
Correction1/21/2025
Full Bill Text
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