Correction

Relates to the use of validated risk assessment instruments for sex offenders to determine the risk of a repeat offense.

Relates to available transportation for correction facility visitation; provides for at a minimum, bimonthly free transportation from the city of New York, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo and Albany.

Relates to allowing telephone calls prior to an incarcerated individual's transfer except under exceptional circumstances.

Relates to certain conduct that may place a person in segregated confinement; expands the criteria that can be used for calculating good behavior allowances.

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to provide body-worn cameras to certain individuals visiting correctional facilities and provide those individuals with the footage from such cameras.

Requires screening incarcerated individuals for eligibility in the supplemental nutrition assistance program prior to release and assistance in applying for such programs; requires officials to seek waivers from the USDA for eligibility for such program.

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to promulgate rules and regulations to establish and maintain a system for the preservation of data on tier one violations in correctional facilities.

Relates to confidential hearing records; authorizes attorney representing incarcerated individual in certain proceedings to obtain a copy of hearing record; prohibits redisclosure.

Establishes an independent office of chief medical examiner in the department of corrections and community supervision.

Expands who may visit local correctional facilities to include persons and accompanying staff of the chief executive officer of a county, members of a county legislative body, mayor of the city of New York, New York city public advocate, New York city comptroller, and members of the New York city council.

Expands who may visit local correctional facilities to include persons and accompanying staff of the chief executive officer of a county, members of a county legislative body, mayor of the city of New York, New York city public advocate, New York city comptroller, and members of the New York city council.

Requires the timely disclosure of video footage or audio recordings related to the death of incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers to the attorney general's office of special investigations (Part A); relates to establishing comprehensive camera coverage for covered facilities and covered vehicles; repeals certain provisions of the correction law relating to requiring institutions and local correctional facilities to adhere to certain standards regarding the camera coverage of incarcerated individuals and detainees, and access to such camera recordings (Part B); clarifies standards for next of kin notifications where an incarcerated individual dies in custody (Part C); relates to the time within which the state commission of correction shall issue a report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly of the findings of a study on deaths in state correctional facilities within the state of New York (Part D); provides access to microscopic slides upon request for certain autopsies (Part E); intentionally omitted (Part F); relates to data on substantiated, unfounded, and unsubstantiated allegations received by the office of special investigations required to be collected and reported by the commissioner of corrections and community supervision (Part G); relates to the state commission of correction; provides for the manner of confirmation of such members; relates to the effectiveness of such provisions (Part H); authorizes the correctional association to visit correctional facilities with twenty-four hours advance notice and grants the correctional association access to certain records and information of correctional facilities (Part I); provides that with respect to state action brought by anyone to recover damages for physical, psychological, or other injury or condition suffered while in state custody, the time in which such action must commence shall be extended to two years after such person is released from such custody (Part J).

Relates to the health, safety and human rights of incarcerated pregnant individuals, incarcerated birthing parents and their children; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish rules and regulations relating to conditions in institutions and correctional facilities and the treatment and care of birthing parents in such institutions and facilities.

Directs DOCCS, in collaboration with OTDA, OMH and OASAS, to establish a 5-year reintegration pilot program for individuals being released from correctional facilities to provide supports and services to prepare for release, assist with reintegration into the community, and reduce recidivism.

Requires each county to establish a county law enforcement civilian complaint review board to assist the board of supervisors with the investigation of complaints concerning misconduct by members of county law enforcement towards members of the public in a complete, thorough and impartial manner.

Prohibits the use of restraints on and the use of force against incarcerated individuals during labor and incarcerated individuals who have experienced different pregnancy outcomes, absent extraordinary circumstances, and on pregnant and post-pregnancy persons during a custodial interrogation.

Requires all incarcerated individuals who do not have a high-school diploma or its equivalent to receive a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening upon intake by the department of corrections; requires for such individuals who perform below a certain proficiency level to be provided with intervention services that are evidence-based, effective and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.

Relates to increasing possible periods of reincarceration for absconding and the consideration via judicial discretion of reincarceration and possible periods of reincarceration for certain technical violations.

Authorizes the medical testing for infection with the AIDS virus of certain incarcerated individuals applying for certain privileges such as marriage, temporary release program, and family reunions; authorizes the disclosure of such test results for such purposes; authorizes the notification of correctional personnel of incarcerated individuals having symptoms of AIDS; authorizes commissioner to deny access of the incarcerated individual to such privileges if they test positive.

Establishes a digital legal mail program for the delivery of privileged correspondences to incarcerated individuals housed at correctional facilities; requires law offices sending legal mail via digital platforms to incarcerated individuals to register with the department of corrections.

Prohibits employees of the department of corrections and community supervision or a correctional facility from willfully obstructing, blocking or otherwise obscuring a body-worn or stationary camera from recording activities within a correctional facility for the purpose of hindering an existing or potential investigation, concealing a crime or criminal activity, or concealing otherwise unlawful behavior.

Provides assistance to incarcerated individuals being released from correctional facilities for enrollment in safety net assistance, public assistance, supplemental assistance program (SNAP), special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC), the home energy assistance program (HEAP), supplemental security income, and state supplemental payments.

Authorizes the transfer of pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals to residential treatment facilities; requires annual reporting on the number of such incarcerated individuals transferred.

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to promulgate rules and regulations for requirements for vendors who make products available for order and delivery to incarcerated individuals and provide for safe food storage for incarcerated individuals in their cells.

Requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to collect and report on data from the office of special investigations regarding complaints received by such office in the previous quarter.

Requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to assess and update the security camera, land-mobile radio, and public address systems in use in correctional facilities.

Directs the hiring of an independent investigator to investigate all 42 correctional facilities in the state to identify any negative policies and practices exiting as such correctional facilities.

Prohibits the detainment of minors with adult detainees in the city of New York.

Prohibits employees of the department of corrections and community supervision or a correctional facility from willfully obstructing, blocking or otherwise obscuring a body-worn or stationary camera from recording activities within a correctional facility for the purpose of hindering an existing or potential investigation, concealing a crime or criminal activity, or concealing otherwise unlawful behavior.

Requires the state to pay for independent autopsies at the request of the next of kin of incarcerated individuals who die in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision.

Ends involuntary servitude in state and local correctional facilities in New York state.

Requires the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services by providing such victims with a written notice of the availability of statewide programs.

Relates to required notification of an incarcerated individual's emergency contacts when such incarcerated individual experiences a serious medical event; provides that incarcerated individuals and their representatives shall have the right to access such incarcerated individual's medical records; provides requirements for access to such medical records; establishes an independent medical oversight body to monitor and evaluate the quality of medical care provided to incarcerated individuals within correctional facilities and to ensure compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements for adequate medical care; provides penalties for certain violations; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to collect data on medical incidents, response times, and correctional facility compliance with certain requirements, and to publish an annual report detailing such data.

Prohibits any sex offender from residing within a quarter mile of any school, playground, park or building in which child day care is provided.

Requires landlords to post notices in certain rental premises regarding access to the sex offender registry; provides the language for such notice; provides such posting requirement shall only apply to multiple dwellings.

Relates to incarcerated individuals wages; provides that incarcerated individuals shall be compensated at a base rate of $1.20 to $10 per day and shall be given biannual raises for adequate performance; provides that incarcerated individuals not participating in a work or program assignment due to age or frailty shall be paid $1.00 per day, adjusted every 5 years for cost of living.

Provides for monitoring of persons who are pedophiles and both level 3 sex offenders and sexual predators or predicate sex offenders with global positioning system; establishes that the period will be determined by court; provides for the right to appeal, right to modify or terminate order and right to counsel.

Relates to the definition of "direct relationship" for the purposes of article 23-A of the correction law regarding licensures and employment of persons previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses.

Relates to parole eligibility for crimes committed at age twenty-one or younger; provides if such individual is convicted of a crime prior to their twenty-second birthday for which they were sentenced to a period of incarceration greater than 20 years, they shall be eligible for parole after fifteen years of incarceration.

Establishes the reentry assistance program; provides for eligible incarcerated individuals to receive a monthly stipend upon release from a state correctional facility; makes an appropriation of $25,000,000.

Defines the terms "cell" and "out-of-cell" to clarify meaning of cell confinement and the amount or type of space deemed a cell or out-of-cell.

Provides residency requirements for sex offenders including criminal sanctions for violations; prohibits sex offenders from residing in a residence that is within one thousand five hundred feet of any school grounds.

Authorizes the Schuyler correctional facility to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest and being held for arraignment in any court located in the county of Schuyler.

Enacts the PTSD awareness and rehabilitation act to require PTSD screening, provide trauma-informed education, and implement evidence-based rehabilitation programs to ensure incarcerated individuals receive proper support for mental health challenges.

Directs the New York city mayor's office of criminal justice to provide comprehensive services to 9,000 individuals identified as having a persistent pattern of involvement in the New York city criminal justice system; provides that income from vocational programs shall not be considered for purposes of determining public assistance.

Enacts the "correctional abuse accountability act"; requires actions by the department if a correctional officer seriously harms or is responsible for the death of an incarcerated individual.

Creates the office of the correctional ombudsperson to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in New York state correctional facilities; relates to reports by coroners; designates investigators of the office of the correctional ombudsperson as peace officers; authorizes the attorney general to investigate the alleged commission of any criminal offense committed by an employee of the department of corrections and community supervision in connection with their official duties; relates to the confidentiality of certain records; includes the office of the correctional ombudsperson records within the definition of public safety agency records; makes related provisions.

Directs the department of corrections and community supervision to test a program of supplying incarcerated individuals with tablets for educational and recreational means.

Renames the state board of parole the state board of re-entry; makes conforming changes.

Prohibits the unreasonable limitation of in-person visitation of incarcerated individuals.

Requires that a sex offender must report each address where the sex offender resides, including any multiple or part-time residences.

Revokes community supervision for certain conduct involving kidnapping, coercion, firearms, dangerous weapons, and other conduct.

Authorizes a study by the department of corrections and community supervision pertaining to the treatment of aging prison populations.

Relates to medical parole and determinations of whether a person released on medical parole is physically or cognitively incapable of presenting a danger to society.

Provides for automatic issuance of identification cards to incarcerated individuals and assistance with obtaining copies of any documents needed to apply for identification cards, including, but not limited to, an incarcerated individual's social security card and birth certificate.

Includes authorized internet entities in the information sex offenders are required to disclose upon registration.

Prevents the overdetention of persons due to an outstanding warrant from another jurisdiction.

Requires registering with the sex offender registry no later than five days after any change of address.

Requires background checks for a person prior to employment in a position involving substantial contact with children while dressed as a children's character; provides certain penalties for violations.

Provides for a sex offender registry check for youth organization volunteers who have direct contact with youths under the age of 18.

Establishes an ombudsperson for local correctional facilities to receive, investigate and propose resolutions for complaints and grievances concerning the conditions of confinement for individuals currently or formerly incarcerated in local correctional facilities located outside of a city with a population of one million or more.

Authorizes the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to discipline certain employees for acts of serious misconduct; defines serious misconduct; establishes procedures for such disciplinary action; prohibits employees who have been removed for serious misconduct from being placed on the eligible list after such removal.

Requires DOCCS' office of special investigations to send a representative of such office in-person to confirm any reported incident of bodily injury or harm to an incarcerated individual no later than 5 days after receiving such report.

Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detention facilities.

Facilitates compliance with the sex offender registry for offenders without a registerable residence; defines "homeless sex offender" and "sex offender registration officer"; makes related provisions.

Prohibits a sex offender whose victim was a child and level 3 sex offenders from knowingly being within 1,000 feet of a child care provider, preschool or any facility where pre-kindergarten or kindergarten instruction is provided.

Relates to the establishment of emergency management release plans to be developed for use in correctional facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order; establishes an advisory board to provide recommendations for the development of such plans; establishes criteria to be used to determine eligibility for emergency release of incarcerated individuals.

Provides for the creation and maintenance of digital records for each incarcerated individual which includes all medical records, including but not limited to mental health records and results of drug or alcohol tests, work records and evaluations, conduct records and programming records.

Provides registration requirements applicable to level three sex offenders and sexual predators who are transient.

Relates to the Incarcerated Individuals Responsibility and Fair Wages Act; establishes a minimum wage for incarcerated individuals of five dollars per hour; establishes a prison incarcerated individual fund where up to forty percent of an incarcerated individual's wages can be sent to their family to help pay for certain expenses.

Establishes a certificate of restoration to replace the terms "certificate of good conduct" and "certificate of relief from disabilities"; repeals certain provisions relating to certificates of good conduct.

Requires the state board of parole to include at least one member who is or was a member of law enforcement and at least one member who is a crime victim or crime victim's representative.

Relates to the residence of a sex offender near a school and the victim of such offender.

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to provide a nonpartisan, peer-led civic engagement program for incarcerated individuals in all correctional facilities in this state which shall be completed by each incarcerated individual within one year prior to their release.

Requires a person incarcerated in state and county-owned or operated correctional facilities to make medical co-payments of seven dollars upon receipt of medical treatment; provides that an incarcerated individual shall not be refused treatment for lack of ability to pay co-payment charges; directs all moneys collected to be made available for the operation of such correctional facility.

Creates a contraband and drug information hotline for state correctional facilities; defines terms.

Provides standards for correctional facilities in relation to medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorders and the testing for opioid use when an individual is first incarcerated.

Retroactively adjusts the compensation of formerly incarcerated individuals who were unjustly convicted; exempts such adjusted income from state income taxes.

Provides doula services at all correctional institutions and local correctional facilities; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to retain an organization to make at least two doulas at any given time available to provide doula services twice a week, for four hours, at all correctional institutions and local correctional facilities that house incarcerated individuals who identify as female, as well as to provide doula services during labor and delivery, upon request.

Requires the disclosure of video footage related to the death of an incarcerated individual involving a correctional officer to the attorney general's office of special investigation.

Provides assistance to incarcerated individuals being released from correctional facilities for enrollment in safety net assistance, public assistance, supplemental assistance program (SNAP), special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children (WIC), the home energy assistance program (HEAP), supplemental security income, and state supplemental payments.

Relates to expanding prison work release program eligibility and participation.

Authorizes the use of body imaging scanning equipment in local correctional facilities for the screening of visitors and staff in addition to incarcerated individuals.

Requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to identify and eliminate all surveillance dead zones in correctional facilities under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections.

Permits emergency medical parole during a time of crisis to those that have a disability and who are at serious risk for death, disease or other harm due to an emergency disaster being declared provided such person has a reasonably stable living situation upon release and does not pose an unreasonable current public safety risk.

Relates to enacting "Sahim's law"; allows family members to bring civil actions on behalf of incarcerated individuals; establishes certain confidentiality requirements regarding civil actions brought against correction facility staff by or on behalf of incarcerated individuals.

Relates to establishing minimum rules for the treatment of incarcerated individuals; provides that the United Nations standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners, also known as the Nelson Mandela rules, are hereby incorporated by reference.

Prohibits county correction officers from dispensing medications to incarcerated individuals on the premises of a local correctional facility; provides that corrections officers or staff may dispense or administer medications during a medical emergency.

Authorizes the Monroe county jail to be used for the detention of persons under arrest for arraignment in any court in the county of Monroe.

Requires the division of criminal justice services to establish and maintain a database of information relating to the sale or use of microstamped guns in the state and to promulgate regulations regarding the provision of information pertaining to the sale, delivery or use of such guns within the state.

Relates to controlled substances and indeterminate sentences; relates to the expansion of merit time; repeals provisions relating to the allowance of limited credit time for incarcerated individuals.

Allows county correctional facilities to use the profits from commissaries or canteens within the facilities for the general purposes of the institution.

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.

Relates to addiction counseling services for incarcerated individuals.

Increases the number of members on the state commission of correction; provides for the manner of confirmation of such members.

Expands who may visit local correctional facilities to include persons and accompanying staff of the chief executive officer of a county, members of a county legislative body, mayor of the city of New York, New York city public advocate, New York city comptroller, and members of the New York city council.

Requires that notice be provided to any officer or employee of the department of corrections and community supervision whose personal information is the subject of a subpoena duces tecum.

Relates to the provision of breast pumps and related collection and storage materials to certain incarcerated nursing birth parents others who are confined in or committed to an institution or local correctional facility with or without their child subject to specific time limitations; requires institutions and local correctional facilities to provide pumps and related materials to such incarcerated birth parents, but not beyond the date such child reaches twenty-four months of age except in limited circumstances related to parole; allows children to remain with their incarcerated birth parents in a correctional institution until twenty-four months of age, or longer in certain cases related to parole; requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to issue an annual report on data relating to incarcerated birth parents.

Protects the rights of people in prisons, jails and forensic facilities; limits the use of cell or segregated confinement; grants access to tablets, visitation, and certain items.

Requires that annual reports include the voting rates for parole commissioners for persons appearing before them for release.

Relates to women's health in correctional facilities; establishes a women's health education program; requires HIV and STD testing to be offered to incarcerated individuals; provides pregnant incarcerated individuals with access to prenatal vitamins as well as a specialized diet tailored to pregnancy needs; requires a study and report on women's health in prison.

Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations to include people with a mental health diagnosis, people on the office of mental health caseload, people with an intellectual, developmental or cognitive diagnosis, people with physical disability or mobility impairment, and people with a sensorial disability diagnosis.

Requires public agencies to establish preliminary license application procedures to determine whether an applicant for a license would be ineligible for such license based on criminal history; establishes time frames for public agencies to respond to such applications; requires public agencies to report information regarding granting licenses annually.

Prohibits corrections employees from participating in degrading behavior towards incarcerated persons or fellow employees; establishes any individual who participates in such behavior shall be disciplined by the department and may have their employment terminated for cause.

Establishes an optional retirement stipend of thirty dollars per month for incarcerated individuals over age sixty-two who have completed at least five years of their sentence.

Prohibits registered sex offenders from using or being within five hundred feet of any state or municipal-owned park.

Provides for eligible incarcerated individuals to receive a monthly stipend upon release from a state correctional facility.

Expands prison work release program eligibility and participation.

Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or older if they have served at least fifteen years of their sentence or sentences.

Requires that all comments and testimony made by a third party either in support or opposition in a parole hearing shall be considered when coming to a decision; adds provisions relating to confidentiality of victim statements.

Relates to custody and visitation rights of certain sex offenders.

Terminates the provisions of Executive Order number 47.3

Provides incarcerated individuals with access to breast cancer screening and diagnostic testing in accordance with certain nationally recognized clinical practice guidelines.

Clarifies that the department of corrections is not required to obtain and input into its electronic record-keeping applications any individual's otherwise uncollected former legal name or any alias; amends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating thereto.

Provides notice of the death of an incarcerated individual occurring in the custody of the department of corrections and community supervision; requires the department to promptly notify the next kin and any other person designated as the representative of any incarcerated individual whose death takes place during custody.

Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities issued by courts or by the department of corrections and community supervision.

Enacts the "gender identity respect, dignity and safety act"; relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated individuals based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated individuals in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from their assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated individuals shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.

Directs the commission of corrections and community supervision to establish an annual heat mitigation plan; directs the extreme heat action plan work group of the department of environmental conservation to analyze the impact of extreme heat on incarcerated individuals and people working in prisons.

Provides that certain entities may not require a person to provide a copy of his or her criminal history record under certain circumstances.

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision within twenty-four hours of the attempted suicide or hospitalization of an incarcerated individual or any other individual occurring in the custody of the department, to notify the emergency contacts of such incarcerated individual or other such individual.

Provides for the return of any identification materials to an individual upon release from custody.

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish a program to purchase fresh produce from farms located in the state and distribute such fresh produce to correctional facilities in the state to be utilized in the provision of wholesome and nutritious food to incarcerated individuals.

Relates to the education and experience of members of the state board of parole; provides that members can have either a degree and at least five years of experience in several fields or at least ten years of experience in such fields.

Relates to the use of the Madison and Oneida county correctional facilities; relates to county-tribal detention agreements between the Oneida Indian Nation and Madison county and between the Oneida Indian Nation and Oneida county.

Increases access to substance abuse programming for incarcerated individuals whose first language is not English.

Includes authorized internet entities in the information sex offenders are required to disclose upon registration.

Requires public agencies to establish preliminary license application procedures to determine whether an applicant for a license would be ineligible for such license based on criminal history; establishes time frames for public agencies to respond to such applications; requires public agencies to report information regarding granting licenses annually.

Prohibits correctional facilities from denying entry to peer support advocates who are certified or licensed and are participating in the provision of corrections-based substance use disorder treatment and transition services based on such advocates' prior history of incarceration.

Provides that certain entities may not require a person to provide a copy of his or her criminal history record under certain circumstances.

Provides that certain entities may not require a person to provide a copy of his or her criminal history record under certain circumstances.

Authorizes the transfer of pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals to residential treatment facilities; requires annual reporting on the number of such incarcerated individuals transferred.

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to establish discharge plans and reentry services for wrongfully convicted individuals upon their discharge which includes housing needs, educational needs, employment needs, medical needs, and specific social service needs.

Relates to the use of the Madison and Oneida county correctional facilities; relates to county-tribal detention agreements between the Oneida Indian Nation and Madison county and between the Oneida Indian Nation and Oneida county.

Relates to correctional facility visits by the correctional association; authorizes the correctional association to visit correctional facilities at any time and without advance notice; grants the correctional association access to certain records and information of correctional facilities.

Authorizes the use of body imaging scanning equipment in local correctional facilities for the screening of visitors and staff in addition to incarcerated individuals.

Authorizes the use of body imaging scanning equipment in local correctional facilities for the screening of visitors and staff in addition to incarcerated individuals.

Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detention facilities.

Relates to providing voice communication services to incarcerated individuals in state correctional facilities at no cost.

Authorizes a study by the department of corrections and community supervision pertaining to the treatment of aging prison populations.

Requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to make correctional facility water testing results accessible directly to incarcerated individuals and correctional facility staff in such facilities and make such water testing results available to the public on the website of the department.

Requires screening incarcerated individuals for eligibility in the supplemental nutrition assistance program prior to release and assistance in applying for such programs; requires officials to seek waivers from the USDA for eligibility for such program.

Requires registering with the sex offender registry no later than five days after any change of address.

Extends the maximum number of months for the reconsideration of denied applications by the parole board for parole for certain violent felony offenses from 24 months to 60 months.

Establishes the "earned time act" providing for time allowances against the term or maximum term of sentences imposed by the court to be credited on an annual pro rata basis.

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to study gender disparity in resources provided to incarcerated individuals and make a report to the governor and the legislature of his or her findings, conclusions and recommendations.

Requires registering with the sex offender registry no later than five days after any change of address.

Requires background checks for a person prior to employment in a position involving substantial contact with children while dressed as a children's character; provides certain penalties for violations.

Prohibits level 2 and 3 sex offenders from residing within 1,500 feet of their victim or school grounds; prohibits such offenders from attending or participating in school sponsored activities.

Adds additional information to reporting requirements for temporary release programs including the number of incarcerated individuals denied participation in each temporary release program and the reasons for denial.

Provides incarcerated individuals with access to breast cancer screenings every two years and information about breast self-examinations.

Permits the use of portable electronic devices for making phone calls as part of the telephone service system made available to incarcerated individuals.

Relates to allowing telephone calls prior to an incarcerated individual's transfer except under exceptional circumstances.

Provides for automatic issuance of identification cards to incarcerated individuals and assistance with obtaining copies of any documents needed to apply for identification cards, including, but not limited to, an incarcerated individual's social security card and birth certificate.

Requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to make correctional facility water testing results accessible directly to incarcerated individuals and correctional facility staff in such facilities and make such water testing results available to the public on the website of the department.

Provides for limited credit time allowances for working in the horse handling program for a period of no less than eighteen months and receipt of a certification from the Groom Elite program.

Provides for limited credit time allowances for working in the horse handling program for a period of no less than eighteen months and receipt of a certification from the Groom Elite program.

Prohibits the placement in segregated confinement of any person in the first eight weeks of the post-partum recovery period regardless of pregnancy outcome by amending the definition of special populations to include such persons.

Relates to the establishment of emergency management release plans to be developed for use in correctional facilities in the event of a state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order; establishes an advisory board to provide recommendations for the development of such plans; establishes criteria to be used to determine eligibility for emergency release of incarcerated individuals.

Provides for the release on medical parole for incarcerated individuals who require the level of care typically provided in a nursing home setting or those who, because of their physical or cognitive condition, are limited in their ability to perform basic life activities.

Authorizes the use of body imaging scanning equipment in local correctional facilities for the screening of visitors and staff in addition to incarcerated individuals.

Provides for eligible incarcerated individuals to receive a monthly stipend upon release from a state correctional facility.

Establishes the crime of harassment of an employee by an incarcerated individual; makes such crime a class B misdemeanor.

Requires all incarcerated individuals who do not have a high-school diploma or its equivalent to receive a reading proficiency level assessment and dyslexia screening upon intake by the department of corrections; requires for such individuals who perform below a certain proficiency level to be provided with intervention services that are evidence-based, effective and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.

Authorizes a study by the department of corrections and community supervision pertaining to the treatment of aging prison populations.

Requires the county sheriff to oversee an annual jail staffing analysis and provide a report to the commission of corrections and community supervision and give the public the opportunity to view the statistics of their local county jail.

Requires screening incarcerated individuals for eligibility in the supplemental nutrition assistance program prior to release and assistance in applying for such programs; requires officials to seek waivers from the USDA for eligibility for such program.

Provides doula services at all correctional institutions and local correctional facilities; requires the department of corrections and community supervision to retain an organization to make at least two doulas at any given time available to provide doula services twice a week, for four hours, at all correctional institutions and local correctional facilities that house incarcerated individuals who identify as female, as well as to provide doula services during labor and delivery, upon request.

Expands prison work release program eligibility and participation.

Clarifies the definition of persons with a disability for purposes of the definition of special populations to include people with a mental health diagnosis, people on the office of mental health caseload, people with an intellectual, developmental or cognitive diagnosis, people with physical disability or mobility impairment, and people with a sensorial disability diagnosis.

Requires the conditional release of pregnant and postpartum individuals from incarceration; prohibits the incarceration of pregnant and postpartum individuals.

Prohibits employment discrimination against persons whose criminal charges have been adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.

Relates to medical parole and determinations of whether a person released on medical parole is physically or cognitively incapable of presenting a danger to society.

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to provide a nonpartisan, peer-led civic engagement program for incarcerated individuals in all correctional facilities in this state which shall be completed by each incarcerated individual within one year prior to their release.

Provides registration requirements applicable to level three sex offenders and sexual predators who are transient.

Requires the state board of parole to provide notification to victims upon the conditional release of an incarcerated individual convicted of a crime against a member of the same family or household.

Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate issues affecting reentry of women released from correctional facilities; provides for the repeal of such provisions.

Provides for monitoring of persons who are pedophiles and both level 3 sex offenders and sexual predators or predicate sex offenders with global positioning system; establishes that the period will be determined by court; provides for the right to appeal, right to modify or terminate order and right to counsel.

Requires landlords to post notices in certain rental premises regarding access to the sex offender registry; provides the language for such notice; provides such posting requirement shall only apply to multiple dwellings.

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to create a family reunion program to provide eligible incarcerated individuals and their families the opportunity to meet for an extended period of time in a residential setting.

Permits emergency medical parole during a time of crisis to those that have a disability and who are at serious risk for death, disease or other harm due to an emergency disaster being declared provided such person has a reasonably stable living situation upon release and does not pose an unreasonable current public safety risk.

Expands who may visit local correctional facilities to include accompanying staff of legislative members and members of the department of corrections and community supervision requested by a legislative member.

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.

Relates to requiring at least one member of the state board of parole be a formerly incarcerated person.

Establishes a third-party secure vendor mail program for the delivery of all products to incarcerated individuals housed at correctional facilities.

Authorizes the Schuyler correctional facility to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest and being held for arraignment in any court located in the county of Schuyler.

Expands coverage of sex offender registration act.

Allows for the removal of members of the state board of parole by a majority vote in the senate and the assembly; requires three or more members of such board personally interview potential parolees; requires that the determination to parole an incarcerated individual be unanimous.

Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions; provides that items for sale at a commissary or canteen shall be sold for market value; provides that money placed into an incarcerated individual's commissary or canteen account or fund shall only be used for purchasing items or goods.

Requires public agencies to establish preliminary license application procedures to determine whether an applicant for a license would be ineligible for such license based on criminal history; establishes time frames for public agencies to respond to such applications; requires public agencies to report information regarding granting licenses annually.

Authorizes counties to impose fees for performing drug tests and utilizing electronic monitoring equipment.

Provides that any person interested in the grant or denial of discretionary release shall have the right to submit a written statement of views in support of or in opposition to the granting of discretionary release which the parole board may consider.

Relates to the Incarcerated Individuals Responsibility and Fair Wages Act; establishes a minimum wage for incarcerated individuals of five dollars per hour; establishes a prison incarcerated individual fund where up to forty percent of an incarcerated individual's wages can be sent to his or her family to help pay for certain expenses.

Requires incarcerated individual sexual harassment complaints made against department employees to be investigated by the attorney general; makes the findings and recommendations of the attorney general final and binding on the part of the department.

Revokes community supervision for certain conduct involving kidnapping, coercion, firearms, dangerous weapons, and other conduct.

Relates to appeals of parole determination, including parole release interviews, parole decisions by the board and petitions regarding release decisions.

Requires the office of victim assistance to notify crime victims of the availability of victim support services by providing such victims with a written notice of the availability of statewide programs.

Provides for the creation and maintenance of digital records for each incarcerated individual which includes all medical records, including but not limited to mental health records and results of drug or alcohol tests, work records and evaluations, conduct records and programming records.

Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate sexual misconduct in state correctional facilities among incarcerated individuals and employees; devises a reporting system for notification of such misconduct to appropriate authorities; establishes duties and membership of such commission.

Prohibits certain inquiries or statements related to the arrest record or conviction record of any person who is in the process of applying for employment or interviewing for employment.

Relates to authorizing early parole release for inmates where substance abuse was a significant contributing factor in the commission of the offense.

Facilitates compliance with the sex offender registry for offenders without a registerable residence; defines "homeless sex offender" and "sex offender registration officer"; makes related provisions.

Enacts "The Domestic Violence Protection Act - Helen's Law" requiring registration of violent felony offenders; sets forth duties of the division of criminal justice services; establishes a special telephone number; requires the division to maintain a subdirectory of violent predators.

Relates to limiting eligibility for limited credit times allowances to those inmates having completed eighty percent of their original sentence.

Requires inmates in state and county-owned or operated correctional facilities to make medical co-payments of seven dollars upon receipt of medical treatment; provides that an inmate shall not be refused treatment for lack of ability to pay co-payment charges; directs all moneys collected to be made available for the operation of such correctional facility.

Relates to segregated confinement; provides that certain incarcerated individuals shall not be placed in a residential rehabilitation unit; makes related provisions.

Requires sex offenders to register information no later than three days after any changes; requires local law enforcement to submit all change of address and internet access provider forms to the registry.

Provides residency requirements for sex offenders including criminal sanctions for violations; prohibits sex offenders from residing in a residence that is within one thousand five hundred feet of any school grounds.

Requires legislative approval for the closure of correctional facilities and institutions.

Relates to the establishment of a staffing plan for all uniformed and non-uniformed employees at correctional facilities to ensure adequate staffing.

Provides for programs, supports and services for individuals being released from state and local correctional facilities to ensure that such persons receive mental health and substance use disorder services, educational needs and job readiness services and housing assistance.

Requires that all comments and testimony made by a third party either in support or opposition in a parole hearing shall be considered when coming to a decision; adds provisions relating to confidentiality of victim statements.

Relates to custody and visitation rights of certain sex offenders.

Alters the composition of the state board of parole to include members to be appointed upon the recommendation of the four legislative leaders.

Requires the employment address of certain sex offenders to be reported to the division of criminal justice services.

Relates to the residence of a sex offender near a school and the victim of such offender.

Authorizes the transfer of pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals to residential treatment facilities; requires annual reporting on the number of such incarcerated individuals transferred.

Establishes the New York state justice reinvestment fund and program to provide not-for-profit and faith based entities with funding to improve communities with a higher than normal criminal offender and ex-offender population; appropriates $10,000,000 therefor.

Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices; requires employers to make a conditional offer of employment before inquiring about any criminal convictions of a prospective employee.

Establishes the commission on post-secondary correctional education to examine, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning the availability, effectiveness and need for expansion of post-secondary education in the NYS prison system.

Relates to controlled substances and indeterminate sentences; relates to the expansion of merit time; repeals provisions relating to the allowance of limited credit time for incarcerated individuals.

Directs the department of corrections and community supervision to test a program of supplying inmates with tablets for educational and recreational means.

Provides for a sex offender registry check for youth organization volunteers who have direct contact with youths under the age of 18.

Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate issues affecting reentry of incarcerated individuals released from correctional facilities; appropriates $250,000 therefor.

Relates to authorizing early parole release for incarcerated individuals where substance abuse was a significant contributing factor in the commission of the offense.

Establishes an optional retirement stipend of thirty dollars per month for incarcerated individuals over age sixty-two who have completed at least five years of their sentence.

Provides for findings of the state board of parole necessary for discretionary release of incarcerated individuals on parole.

Requires that annual reports include the voting rates for parole commissioners for persons appearing before them for release.

Relates to women's health in correctional facilities; establishes a women's health education program; requires HIV and STD testing to be offered to incarcerated individuals; provides pregnant incarcerated individuals with access to prenatal vitamins as well as a specialized diet tailored to pregnancy needs; requires a study and report on women's health in prison.

Authorizes the Monroe county jail to be used for the detention of persons under arrest for arraignment in any court in the county of Monroe.

Requires commissaries at correctional facilities to provide food options for purchase through the commissary that satisfy the requirements of halal, kosher and other religious dietary needs of the incarcerated individuals housed at the facility; requires correctional facilities to provide food options for purchase from vending machines located in the visitor's area of the facility that satisfy the requirements of halal, kosher and other religious dietary needs of the incarcerated individuals housed at the facility; and requires that the cost of such food options be comparable to food options that are ordinarily available.

Extends certain provisions relating to the boarding of out of state incarcerated individuals until September 1, 2026.

Provides that no incarcerated individual in any state or local prison, penitentiary, jail or reformatory shall be compelled or induced to provide labor against their will.

Provides that no incarcerated individual in any state or local prison, penitentiary, jail or reformatory shall be compelled or induced to provide labor against their will.

Establishes a program for adults over fifty who are under community supervision or who will be released from a state correctional facility.

Conforms the definition of an inmate with a serious mental illness to the definition of "person with a serious mental illness" in the mental hygiene law.

Requires mental health services for incarcerated individuals with post-traumatic prison disorder upon reentry and reintegration into society upon release.

Replaces instances of the words inmate or inmates with the words incarcerated individual or incarcerated individuals.

Relates to segregated confinement; provides that certain incarcerated individuals shall not be placed in a residential rehabilitation unit; makes technical corrections by changing the word "inmate" to "incarcerated individual"; makes related provisions.

Relates to the education and experience of members of the state board of parole; provides that members can have either a degree and at least five years of experience in several fields or at least ten years of experience in such fields.

Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities issued by courts or by the department of corrections and community supervision.

Authorizes the use of body imaging scanning equipment in correctional facilities throughout the state in connection with the implementation of a facility's security program, subject to certain regulations and limitations.

Relates to the definition of "direct relationship" for the purposes of article 23-A of the correction law regarding licensures and employment of persons previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses.

Permits the parole board to extend the time for reconsideration of parole for violent felony offenders to forty-eight months from a negative determination.

Authorizes vocational training, where practicable, to incarcerated individuals on the installation of solar hot water systems for the provision of hot water to correctional facilities.

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to create a family reunion program to provide eligible inmates and their families the opportunity to meet for an extended period of time in a residential setting.

Requires that a sex offender must report each address where he or she resides, including any multiple or part-time residences.

Requires the use of canines for contraband screening at correctional facilities housing one hundred or more inmates.

Increases access to substance abuse programming for incarcerated individuals whose first language is not English.

Relates to the education and experience of members of the state board of parole; provides that members can have either a degree and at least five years of experience in several fields or at least ten years of experience in such fields.

Provides for inmates to earn good behavior allowance credits while incarcerated.

Allows for the removal of members of the state board of parole by a majority vote in the senate and the assembly, requires three or more members of such board personally interview potential parolees, and requires that the determination to parole an inmate be unanimous.

Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate issues affecting reentry of inmates released from correctional facilities; appropriates $250,000 therefor.

Relates to commencing a study on the relationship between the corrections system and the child welfare system.

Enacts "the prison minimum wage act" relating to payment for labor performed by inmates.

Relates to inmate wages; provides that inmates shall be compensated at a base rate of $1.20 to $10 per day and shall be given biannual raises for adequate performance; provides that inmates not participating in a work or program assignment due to age or frailty shall be paid $1.00 per day, adjusted every 5 years for cost of living.

Requires landlords to post notices in certain rental premises regarding access to the sex offender registry; provides the language for such notice; provides such posting requirement shall only apply to multiple dwellings.

Provides for monitoring of persons who are pedophiles and both level 3 sex offenders and sexual predators or predicate sex offenders with global positioning system; establishes that the period will be determined by court; provides for the right to appeal, right to modify or terminate order and right to counsel.

Repeals certain provisions requiring the payment of a parole supervision fee.

Relates to providing notice of voting rights to persons released from local jails including written information distributed by the board of elections.

Establishes a contraband screening plan which includes a canine at the entrance of each correctional facility to detect the presence of illegal drugs.

Provides information regarding termination of medicare part B coverage for the duration of incarceration to individuals committed to the department of corrections and community supervision.

Relates to women's health in correctional facilities; establishes a women's health education program; requires HIV and STD testing to be offered to incarcerated individuals; provides pregnant incarcerated individuals with access to prenatal vitamins as well as a specialized diet tailored to pregnancy needs; requires a study and report on women's health in prison.

Establishes a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations on violence in state correctional facilities including the causes and consequences of such violence with a particular emphasis on changes in levels of violence and the causes of those changes.

Relates to providing voice communication services to incarcerated individuals in state correctional facilities at no cost; requires agencies charged with the operation and management of state and local correctional facilities and juvenile detention facilities to provide persons in their custody with voice communication service at a minimum of 90 minutes per day.

Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions; provides that items for sale at a commissary or canteen shall be sold for market value; provides that money placed into an incarcerated individual's commissary or canteen account or fund shall only be used for purchasing items or goods.

Relates to prohibiting involuntary employment of prisoners; provides that no prisoner shall be compelled to provide labor against his or her will by actual force, threats of force, threats of punishment, threats of legal coercion or by any scheme, plan or pattern intended to cause the person to believe that, if such person did not provide such labor that such person or another person would suffer serious harm or physical restraint.

Relates to confidential hearing records; authorizes attorney representing inmate in certain proceedings to obtain a copy of hearing record; prohibits redisclosure.

Requires that websites providing incarcerated individual information be searchable by the incarcerated individual's name, former name or alias.

Requires foster care records of inmates to be sent to correctional facility.

Relates to commencing a study on the relationship between the corrections system and the child welfare system.

Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate issues affecting reentry of inmates released from correctional facilities; appropriates $250,000 therefor.

Provides that certain entities may not require a person to provide a copy of his or her criminal history record under certain circumstances.

Provides that any person interested in the grant or denial of discretionary release shall have the right to submit a written statement of views in support of or in opposition to the granting of discretionary release which the parole board may consider.

Establishes the "earned time act" providing for time allowances against the term or maximum term of sentences imposed by the court to be credited on an annual pro rata basis.

Provides inmates with access to breast cancer screenings every two years and information about breast self-examinations.

Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or older.

Increases the number of members on the state commission of correction; relates to inspection and procedures applicable to unsafe or unsanitary correctional facilities; requires the biannual publication of reports containing the results of inspections.

Creates the office of the correctional ombudsman to achieve transparency, fairness, impartiality and accountability in New York state correctional facilities; relates to reports by coroners; designates investigators of the office of the correctional ombudsman as peace officers; authorizes the attorney general to investigate the alleged commission of any criminal offense committed by an employee of the department of corrections and community supervision in connection with his or her official duties; relates to the confidentiality of certain records; includes the office of the correctional ombudsman records within the definition of public safety agency records; makes related provisions.

Authorizes the commissioner to place certain incarcerated individuals in home confinement during a declared state of emergency if such state of emergency conditions materially affect the functioning of the department of corrections and community supervision.

Removes the complete authority of the governor to appoint the entire parole board; provides that the parole board shall consist of twenty-four members of whom four shall be appointed by the governor, four members shall be appointed by the chief judge of the court of appeals, four members shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, four members shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate, four members shall be appointed by the minority leader of the senate, and four members shall be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.

Requires inmates in state and county-owned or operated correctional facilities to make medical co-payments of seven dollars upon receipt of medical treatment; provides that an inmate shall not be refused treatment for lack of ability to pay co-payment charges; directs all moneys collected to be made available for the operation of such correctional facility.

Relates to the establishment of a staffing plan for all uniformed and non-uniformed employees at correctional facilities.

Authorizes the transfer of pregnant and postpartum incarcerated individuals to residential treatment facilities; requires annual reporting on the number of such incarcerated individuals transferred.

Relates to the discharging of certain sentences; makes all felonies eligible for discharge.

Relates to expanding eligibility for shock incarceration, successful completion of such shall make such inmate eligible for release under certain conditions.

Allows a district attorney to file a petition to seek the imposition of residency restrictions for certain sex offenders; allows a sex offender subject to a residency restriction to petition the court which imposed such restriction for an order terminating or modifying such residency restriction.

Relates to the role of the department of corrections and community supervision in planning and facilitating the discharge or release of incarcerated persons to the community.

Provides that for the purposes of educational leave, an eligible inmate shall include an inmate who is within two years of being an eligible inmate.

Relates to the department of correction and community supervision's role with respect to discharge planning to assist inmates in obtaining housing before release to community supervision.

Prohibits discrimination based on a person's arrest record or criminal conviction.

Requires background checks for a person prior to employment in a position involving substantial contact with children while dressed as a children's character and provides certain penalties for violations.

Prohibits level three sex offenders from living in college housing.

Authorizes counties to impose fees for performing drug tests and utilizing electronic monitoring equipment.

Relates to the reduction of inmate telephone rates.

Relates to appeals of parole determination, including parole release interviews, parole decisions by the board and petitions regarding release decisions.

Relates to the state board of parole members; requires the board have at least nineteen members.

Enacts "Lorraine's Law"; increases from twenty-four to sixty months, the time for which reconsideration for parole for a violent felony offense shall be determined.

Prohibits any sex offender from residing within a quarter mile of any school, playground, park or building in which child day care is provided.

Expands coverage of sex offender registration act.

Relates to prohibiting civilian drone use within 1000 feet of a correctional facility except when in use under the Federal Aviation Administration's authorization.

Requires registering with the sex offender registry no later than five days after any change of address.

Prohibits a sex offender from being granted by a court, physical or legal custody of, or unsupervised visitation with a child.

Requires the use of risk and needs assessments in parole decisions; provides a process permitting inmates to correct verifiable factual mistakes or errors in their risk and needs assessments or other non-confidential documents given the board prior to their appearances.

Relates to the creation of a department of corrections identification form; relates to the use of such form as proof of identity for individuals applying for a non-driver identification card or certain driver's licenses.

Relates to addiction counseling services for inmates.

Establishes the New York state justice reinvestment fund and program to provide not-for-profit and faith based entities with funding to improve communities with a higher than normal criminal offender and ex-offender population; appropriates $10,000,000 therefor.

Alters the composition of the state board of parole to include members to be appointed upon the recommendation of the four legislative leaders.

Permits emergency medical parole during a time of crisis to those that have a disability and who are at serious risk for death, disease or other harm due to an emergency disaster being declared provided such person has a reasonably stable living situation upon release and does not pose an unreasonable current public safety risk.

Authorizes visitation at all general confinement correctional facilities seven days a week.

Relates to deference in discretionary release on parole.

Requires the parole board to grant parole to inmates who successfully participate in a temporary release program for two years without interruption immediately prior to appearance before the board.

Requires the state board of parole to provide notification to victims upon the conditional release of an inmate convicted of a crime against a member of the same family or household.

Relates to residency and verification requirements for certain sex offenders; creates a permanent residency restriction for sex offenders from residing within 1000 feet of school grounds.

Requires the employment address of certain sex offenders to be reported to the division of criminal justice services.

Enacts "The Domestic Violence Protection Act - Helen's Law" requiring registration of violent felony offenders; sets forth duties of the division of criminal justice services; establishes a special telephone number; requires the division to maintain a subdirectory of violent predators.

Prohibits certain inquiries or statements related to the arrest record or conviction record of any person who is in the process of applying for employment or interviewing for employment.

Relates to establishing minimum rules for the treatment of incarcerated people; provides that the United Nations standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners, also known as the Nelson Mandela rules, are hereby incorporated by reference; requires the department of corrections and community supervision shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with such rules.

Relates to prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering any school grounds; requires school districts to adopt procedures for the admission of visitors to a school building including to ensure such visitors are not registered as level two or three sex offenders.

Relates to inmate telephone services at local correctional facilities.

Relates to the modification of the procedure for interviews of parole applicants and to the disclosure of parole applicant records.

Relates to unlawful discriminatory practices; requires employers to make a conditional offer of employment before inquiring about any criminal convictions of a prospective employee.

Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detention facilities.

Requires law enforcement agencies to report sex offender changes of address within five business days to the division of criminal justice services.

Adds social security number, past home addresses, IP addresses, social media accounts, and online gamer information to the information required to be reported by a sex offender.

Establishes the commission on post-secondary correctional education to examine, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning the availability, effectiveness and need for expansion of post-secondary education in the NYS prison system.

Prohibits male correction officers from pat frisking female inmates unless such officer has probable cause that a pat frisk is necessary to prevent escape or to protect other inmates or prison employees.

Authorizes the Monroe county jail to be used for the detention of persons under arrest for arraignment in any court in the county of Monroe.

Amends the term residential treatment facility to remove "persons who are on parole or conditional release" from such term.

Restricts a registered sex offender from residing within 1000 feet of school grounds or a playground.

Relates to custody and visitation rights of certain sex offenders.

Relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated people based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated people in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from the person's assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated people shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement, such person is free to change their mind and switch at any time.

Requires that all comments and testimony made by a third party either in support or opposition in a parole hearing shall be considered when coming to a decision; adds provisions relating to confidentiality of victim statements.

Relates to removing the fee for a sex offender to make a change to his or her registration with the division of criminal justice services including fees for changing their address, or any change to his or her status of enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at any institution of higher education.

Enacts the "prison privilege limitation act".

Relates to the prohibition of double-bunked housing in correctional facilities.

Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities and certificates of good conduct upon discharge.

Relates to replacing all instances of the words or variations of the words inmate or inmates with the words incarcerated individual or incarcerated individuals or variation thereof.

Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities and certificates of good conduct upon discharge.

Allows pregnant inmates to have one support person in the delivery room; requires information on the nursery program, pregnancy counseling and abortion services.

Establishes merit time allowance credits and certain administrative privileges credits for local correctional facilities for eligible inmates.

Relates to parole eligibility for certain incarcerated persons age fifty-five or older.

Relates to the parole supervision fee; relates to probation administrative fees; prohibits certain fees associated with probation; provides for the termination and discharge of certain sentences.

Relates to available transportation for correction facility visitation; provides for at a minimum, bi-monthly free transportation from the city of New York, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo and Albany.

Requires parole violators in the counties of Jefferson, Oswego, and Saint Lawrence to be transferred to state correctional facilities after 10 days in a local correctional facility.

Relates to the establishment of a program for the use of medication assisted treatment for inmates in both state and county correctional facilities; reporting requirements; substance use disorder treatment and transition services implemented in jails.

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to place incarcerated parents at correctional institutions and facilities closest to their children's home.

Relates to providing voice communication service to incarcerated people in state correctional facilities at no cost; requires agencies charged with the operation and management of state correctional facilities and juvenile detention facilities to provide persons in their custody with voice communication service at a minimum of 90 minutes per day.

Permits the correctional association to access, visit, inspect, and examine all state correctional facilities without advance notice to the department; during such visits the association shall have the power to interview and converse publicly or confidentially with any correctional employee, any incarcerated individual, and any other person providing services in a state correctional facility, whether or not employed by such facility.

Relates to removing the fee for a sex offender to make a change to his or her registration with the division of criminal justice services including fees for changing their address, or any change to his or her status of enrollment, attendance, employment or residence at any institution of higher education.

Relates to permitting an inmate who has had a final order of deportation issued against him or her, has not been convicted of an A-1 felony and who is eligible for early release to receive a conditional release.

Relates to public health emergency allowances against sentences for certain incarcerated individuals; allows up to twelve months of public health emergency allowances to be given to incarcerated individuals during a public health crisis.

Prohibits the commissioner of corrections and community supervision from promulgating policy to require inmates to waive religious rights in order to participate in inmate programs.

Establishes a program for adults over fifty who are under community supervision or who will be released from a state correctional facility.

Amends the term residential treatment facility to remove "persons who are on parole or conditional release" from such term.

Requires public agencies and private employers to adopt a policy that requires the public agency or private employer to provide a person who has been convicted of a crime an opportunity to submit an explanation of the facts surrounding the offense and conviction and any other information the person deems relevant to the issue prior to making a determination regarding the convicted person's employment or a determination to refuse to issue a license to such person; requires contracts not be terminated, canceled or not renewed due to a conviction without an opportunity to submit an explanation.

Allows pregnant inmates to have one support person in the delivery room; requires information on the nursery program, pregnancy counseling and abortion services.

Requires all incarcerated individuals who do not have a high-school diploma or its equivalent to receive a reading proficiency-level assessment and dyslexia screening upon intake; and requires for such individuals who perform below a certain proficiency level to be provided with dyslexia intervention that is evidence-based effective and consistent with science-based research specifically tailored to addressing dyslexia.

Relates to birth certificates for inmates; requires birth certificate or certification of birth and social security card to be kept in the inmate records until the inmate is released from custody when such birth certificate or certification of birth and social security card shall be provided to the inmate.

Requires the use of canines for contraband screening at correctional facilities housing one hundred or more inmates.

Authorizes the Schuyler correctional facility to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest and being held for arraignment in any court located in the county of Schuyler.

Authorizes the St. Lawrence county jail to be used for detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any local court in the county of St. Lawrence.

Relates to the reporting requirements regarding the residence of a sex offender.

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish contraband screening at correctional facilities.

Relates to establishing the drug dealer registration act.

Authorizes counties to impose fees for performing drug tests and utilizing electronic monitoring equipment.

Requires registering with the sex offender registry no later than five days after any change of address.

Requires parole violators in the counties of Jefferson, Oswego, and Saint Lawrence to be transferred to state correctional facilities after 10 days in a local correctional facility.

Expands coverage of sex offender registration act.

Authorizes the sheriff to charge prisoners fees to support the operations of the facility where they are incarcerated and requires the inmates of the facility to assist in the provision of necessary services provided at the facility; provides that employees of the correctional facility shall not be subject to adverse employment actions as a result of the section.

Requires the employment address of certain sex offenders to be reported to the division of criminal justice services.

Relates to bona fide work not being considered a parole violation.

Provides for programs, supports and services for individuals being released from state and local correctional facilities to ensure that such persons receive mental health and substance use disorder services, educational needs and job readiness services and housing assistance.

Establishes the "domestic violence registration act" defining domestic violence offenses and offenders and requiring such offenders to register with the division of criminal justice services.

Establishes a pilot project for placement of inmates close to home; provides that such project would house inmates who are parents of minor children in the correctional facility located in closest proximity to the primary place of residence of any such inmate's minor child or children.

Provides for the reimbursement of not-for-profit corporations for fees collected for criminal history searches by the office of court administration.

Relates to establishing minimum rules for the treatment of incarcerated people; provides that the United Nations standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners, also known as the Nelson Mandela rules, are hereby incorporated by reference; requires the department of corrections and community supervision shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with such rules.

Prohibits the transfer of incarcerated individuals during a public health emergency except where a correctional facility has an outbreak of a disease unless the incarcerated individual requests such transfer.

Relates to establishing emergency release protocols during a time of crisis including during a state disaster emergency which places the lives, health or well-being of people in custody at risk.

Modifies the standard of evidence and certain other procedures when determining whether to revoke the community supervision of a person.

Requires a report on the death and circumstances of an inmate to be sent to the governor, the chairman of the assembly committee on correction and the chairman of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction.

Permits the detention of individuals who are eighteen years of age or older in a county jail pending a first court appearance in an off-hours arraignment part.

Permits the detention of individuals who are eighteen years of age or older in a county jail pending a first court appearance in an off-hours arraignment part.

Provides electronic mail services to an incarcerated individual which allows an incarcerated individual to send up to ten electronic mail letters a day at no charge.

Relates to the department of correction and community supervision's role with respect to discharge planning to assist inmates in obtaining housing before release to community supervision.

Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate sexual misconduct in state correctional facilities among inmates and employees and shall devise a reporting system for notification of such misconduct to appropriate authorities; establishes duties and membership of such commission.

Relates to prohibiting involuntary employment of prisoners; provides that no prisoner shall be compelled to provide labor against his or her will by actual force, threats of force, threats of punishment, threats of legal coercion or by any scheme, plan or pattern intended to cause the person to believe that, if such person did not provide such labor that such person or another person would suffer serious harm or physical restraint.

Relates to inmate telephone services at local correctional facilities.

Establishes the incarcerated individual undergraduate degree completion task force and requires reporting to the governor and legislature of recommendations on how to ensure courses taken by individuals while incarcerated qualify for degree completion at a qualified state college or university.

Relates to expanding prison work release program eligibility and participation.

Ensures that employees of the office of mental health who work in prison mental health units receive the same immunity from civil damages as other state employees who work in prisons; provides that civil actions cannot be brought in state court against any office of mental health officer or employee providing mental health services in a department of correctional services facility in his or her personal capacity for acts or omissions within the scope of employment.

Relates to the length of time the board of parole maintains records of parole interviews and hearings.

Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to create a family reunion program to provide eligible inmates and their families the opportunity to meet for an extended period of time in a residential setting.

Requires sex offenders to verify their residence and registration on a biannual basis; provides that the division shall mail a verification form to each registered sex offender on a different random date during each six month period of the calendar year.

Includes authorized internet entities in the information sex offenders are required to disclose upon registration.

Relates to sex offender registration and residency restrictions; sets limitations on the distance sex offenders may be required to live apart from certain areas.

Authorizes the Monroe county jail to be used for the detention of persons under arrest for arraignment in any court in the county of Monroe.

Establishes a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations on violence in state correctional facilities including the causes and consequences of such violence with a particular emphasis on changes in levels of violence and the causes of those changes.

Relates to inmate wages; provides that inmates shall be compensated at a base rate of $1.20 to $10 per day and shall be given biannual raises for adequate performance; and provides that inmates not participating in a work or program assignment due to age or frailty shall be paid $1.00 per day, adjusted every 5 years for cost of living.

Authorizes the court to issue a provisional sex offender risk level determination where it is anticipated that a risk level will not be set by the date of an inmate's scheduled discharge, parole or release from a correctional facility, local correctional facility or hospital.

Relates to the definition of "direct relationship" for the purposes of article 23-A of the correction law regarding licensures and employment of persons previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses.

Prohibits certain inquiries or statements related to the arrest record or conviction record of any person who is in the process of applying for employment or interviewing for employment.

Relates to sex offender risk assessment instruments.

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

Enacts "Cesar's law" to require the retaking of parolees who abscond from the supervision of the state board of parole.

Relates to allowing telephone calls prior to an inmate's transfer except under exceptional circumstances.

Relates to not honoring civil immigration detainers by holding an individual beyond the time such individual would otherwise be released from the department's custody or by notifying federal immigration authorities of such individual's release.

Enacts "Lorraine's Law"; increases from twenty-four to sixty months, the time for which reconsideration for parole for a violent felony offense shall be determined.

Authorizes the Cayuga county jail to be used for the detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any court located in the county of Cayuga.

Alters the composition of the state board of parole to include members to be appointed upon the recommendation of the four legislative leaders.

Relates to removing the requirement to reveal certain past convictions including convictions pursuant to section 160.55, 160.58 or 160.59 of the criminal procedure law.

Relates to commissaries and canteens at correctional institutions; provides that items for sale at a commissary or canteen shall be sold for market value; and provides that money placed into an inmate's commissary or canteen account or fund shall only be used for purchasing items or goods.

Relates to expanding the definition of a sex offense.

Brings the sex offender registration act concerning sex offender classification status into parity with case law as decided by the Federal Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; includes certain due process requirements for a sexual offender classification hearing.

Requires level one sex offenders to register for life, with a right to petition for relief after 30 years.

Repeals certain provisions of law requiring the payment of a parole supervision fee.

Requires the use of risk and needs assessments in parole decisions; provides a process permitting inmates to correct verifiable factual mistakes or errors in their risk and needs assessments or other non-confidential documents given the board prior to their appearances.

Prohibits certain persons convicted of article six-C of the correction law from serving as a trustee, principal, officer, or member of a board of education of any public school in any BOCES, city, union free, common or central school district or any charter school.

Requires the state board of parole to provide notification to victims upon the conditional release of an inmate convicted of a crime against a member of the same family or household.

Restricts the segregated confinement of pregnant inmates to situations where there are exceptional circumstances which would create an unacceptable risk to other inmates or staff.

Requires structured out-of-cell programming for adolescents in segregated disciplinary confinement.

Relates to providing notice of voting rights to persons released from local jails including written information distributed by the board of elections.

Prohibits discrimination based on a person's arrest record or criminal conviction.

Conforms the definition of an inmate with a serious mental illness to the definition of "person with a serious mental illness" in the mental hygiene law.

Relates to expanding prison work release program eligibility and participation.

Prohibits registered sex offenders from working with children.

Removes depreciation of the severity of the crime from consideration of discretionary release.

Relates to deference in discretionary release on parole.

Prohibits county correction officers from dispensing medication using syringes or needles to inmates.

Increases the reimbursement rate for housing coram nobis inmates from $20.00 per day per capita to the actual cost as certified by the appropriate local official and approved by the state director of the budget.

Relates to parole eligibility for certain inmates age fifty-five or older.

Creates a temporary state commission relating to local correctional facilities in upstate New York; emphasis shall be placed on medical and mental health care, overcrowding, inmate deaths, use of force, restraints, and all segregation and confinement practices and solitary confinement.

Relates to the modification of the procedure for interviews of parole applicants and to the disclosure of parole applicant records.

Prohibits male correction officers from pat frisking female inmates unless such officer has probable cause that a pat frisk is necessary to prevent escape or to protect other inmates or prison employees.

Requires the parole board to grant parole to inmates who successfully participate in a temporary release program for two years without interruption immediately prior to appearance before the board.

Relates to medical parole and determinations of whether a person released on medical parole is physically or cognitively incapable of presenting a danger to society.

Relates to the removal of inmates diagnosed with mental illness to a residential mental health treatment unit.

Provides for a sex offender registry check for youth organization volunteers who have direct contact with youths under the age of 18.

Requires that notice be provided to any officer or employee of the department of corrections and community supervision whose personal information is the subject of a subpoena duces tecum.

Relates to the racial and ethnic makeup of the board of parole; requires the ethnic and racial makeup of the board to resemble the racial and ethnic makeup of the state's prison population.

Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detention facilities.

Enables victims and relatives of victims to view parole hearings via closed circuit television or a secure online website.

Allows a district attorney to file a petition to seek the imposition of residency restrictions for certain sex offenders; allows a sex offender subject to a residency restriction to petition the court which imposed such restriction for an order terminating or modifying such residency restriction.

Establishes the commission on post-secondary correctional education to examine, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning the availability, effectiveness and need for expansion of post-secondary education in the NYS prison system.

Requires parole violators, after 10 days in a local correctional facility, to either be transferred to state correctional facilities or remain in such local facility with all associated costs borne by the state; provides for a 20-day extension period.

Prohibits sex offenders who are on parole or probation, or conditionally discharged from being upon or within 1,000 feet of the premises of any facility providing child day care, while any person under 18 years of age is present.

Provides for employment limits for level three sex offenders to outside a five hundred foot radius of a daycare or school; penalty for offender is a class E felony; prohibition remains as long as offender is level three.

Adds social security number, past home addresses, IP addresses and social media accounts to the information required to be reported by a sex offender.

Requires inmate sexual harassment complaints made against department employees to be investigated by the attorney general and makes the findings and recommendations of the attorney general final and binding on the part of the department.

Requires sex offenders who fail to register or verify their registration on two or more occasions to wear a location-tracking device while on probation, parole, conditional release or post-release supervision; failure to wear such device shall be a class D felony and grounds for revocation of parole and probation.

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.

Establishes merit time allowance credits and certain administrative privileges credits for local correctional facilities for eligible inmates.

Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities and certificates of good conduct upon discharge.

Relates to commencing a study on the relationship between the corrections system and the child welfare system.

Requires law enforcement agencies to report sex offender changes of address within five business days to the division of criminal justice services.

Authorizes inmates serving indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for offenses involving controlled substances and marihuana to receive good time allowances against the minimum terms of their sentences not to exceed one-third of the minimum term imposed; provides that drug offenders can receive good behavior allowances for progress in assigned treatment programs and willing performance of duties.

Relates to temporary release eligibility for judicially ordered comprehensive alcohol and substance abuse treatment.

Relates to prohibiting civilian drone use within 1000 feet of a correctional facility except when in use under the Federal Aviation Administration's authorization.

Enacts the "prison privilege limitation act".

Provides for a sex offender public awareness outreach program to provide educational outreach to schools, community groups and clergy on issues related to sex offenders.

Requires that all comments and testimony made by a third party either in support or opposition in a parole hearing shall be considered when coming to a decision; adds provisions relating to confidentiality of victim statements.

Prohibits the employment of a sex offender in any position having substantial contact with children; defines "substantial contact" as any activity involving children; establishes criminal penalties for violation of statutory provisions.

Provides that information on a sex offender from another state who has not been assigned a risk level in this state, may be disclosed as if he or she was a level 2 sex offender.

Relates to level three designation for certain sex offenders under the sex offender registration act; provides for a level three designation under the sex offender registration act for persons convicted of or a conviction for an attempt to commit an offense contained in article 130 (sexual offenses) or 263 (sexual performance by a child) or section 135.25 (kidnapping in the first degree), section 230.06 (patronizing a prostitute in the first degree), section 230.32 (promoting prostitution in the first degree) or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 (incest) of the penal law where the victim of the related offense is less than eleven years old.

Expands the amount of information available to police and the public, by means of the internet, on registered sex offenders.

Provides for monitoring of persons who are pedophiles and both level 3 sex offenders and sexual predators or predicate sex offenders with global positioning system; establishes that the period will be determined by court; provides for the right to appeal, right to modify or terminate order and right to counsel.

Relates to women's health in correctional facilities; establishes a women's health education program; provides access to pregnancy counseling services; authorizes a support person to accompany an inmate during delivery; requires HIV and STD testing to be offered to women inmates; provides pregnant inmates with access to prenatal vitamins as well as a specialized diet tailored to pregnancy needs; requires a study and report on women's health in prison.

Restricts a registered sex offender from residing within 1000 feet of school grounds or a playground.

Relates to providing records for protection and advocacy services in a timely manner of not longer than three business days upon written request and within twenty-four hours when there is probable cause to believe the health or safety of an individual is in serious or immediate jeopardy.

Relates to significant programmatic accomplishment for limited credit time allowances for certain inmates; now includes completion of an associate's, bachelor's or master's degree.

Permits the detention of individuals in a county jail pending a first court appearance in an off-hours arraignment part.

Directs the office of temporary and disability assistance and the department of corrections and community supervision to examine and make recommendations on current sanctions placed by the state and local social services districts on individuals prior to and after their release from incarceration as part of the individual's re-entry planning.

Requires that the report the correction medical review board issues regarding the death of any inmate be issued to the governor, the chairman of the assembly committee on correction and the chairman of the senate committee on crime victims, crime and correction, and requires that such report shall not be redacted except as otherwise required to protect confidential records.

Establishes the department of corrections and community supervision shall provide an inmate, upon his or her discharge, with educational information about the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), instructions about how to obtain free HIV testing and referrals to community-based HIV prevention, education and counseling resources.

Relates to the designation of a substitute jail for programmatic purposes.

Relates to the designation of a substitute jail for programmatic purposes.

Relates to permitting legislative staff to visit correctional facilities and removes the exception from visiting facilities in which inmates under sentence of death are confined.

Relates to personal phone calls for inmates in certain circumstances.

Allows for contiguous counties to establish regional jails which shall be considered county jails.

Relates to authorizing the Wayne county correctional facility to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any court located in the county of Wayne.

Prohibits a person, partnership, corporation, association or other business entity from providing private probation services within the state.

Relates to authorizing the Broome county correctional facility to also be used for the detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any court located in the county of Broome.

Relates to the timing of risk level determination hearings for certain convicted sex offenders who are expected to be, upon sentencing, released on probation or discharged upon payment of a fine, conditional discharge or unconditional discharge.

Authorizes the St. Lawrence county jail to be used for detention of persons under arrest being held for arraignment in any local court in the county of St. Lawrence.

Directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish standards for the distance certain sex offenders on probation or parole, or conditionally released, must reside from school grounds.

Enacts "The Domestic Violence Protection Act - Brittany's Law" requiring registration of violent felony offenders; sets forth duties of the division of criminal justice services; establishes a special telephone number; requires the division to maintain a subdirectory of violent predators.

Relates to temporary release eligibility for judicially ordered comprehensive alcohol and substance abuse treatment.

Prohibits a sex offender whose victim was a child and level 3 sex offenders from knowingly being within 1,000 feet of a facility where pre-kindergarten or kindergarten instruction is provided.

Prohibits a sex offender from being granted by a court, physical or legal custody of, or unsupervised visitation with a child.

Relates to permissible employment, employment related activities, and volunteer activities that may be performed by convicted sex offenders; prohibits sex offenders from working on vehicles that sell frozen desserts and from working at a facility where they have unsupervised access to residential living quarters.

Prohibits a sex offender whose victim was a child and level 3 sex offenders from knowingly being within 1,000 feet of a child care provider, preschool or any facility where pre-kindergarten or kindergarten instruction is provided.

Requires registering with the sex offender registry no later than five days after any change of address.

Provides that any person who knowingly harbors, houses or employs a sex offender who has failed to register or verify address and employment, and who fails to contact his or her local law enforcement agency regarding such sex offender is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

Prohibits level three sex offenders from living in college housing.

Expands the amount of information available to police and the public, by means of the internet, on registered sex offenders.

Increases the in-person appearance requirements for level two sex offenders from every three years to every year.

Prohibits registered sex offenders from working with children.

Requires inmates to have an acceptable residence to qualify for parole.

Requires any level three sex offender who has committed a violent crime against a child to wear an electronic monitoring device for life; provides that such sex offender shall bear the cost of such device.

Provides that information on a sex offender from another state who has not been assigned a risk level in this state, may be disclosed as if he or she was a level 2 sex offender.

Relates to sex offender registration of change of address and internet accounts; requires sex offenders to register information no later than three days; requires local law enforcement to submit all change of address and internet access provider forms to the registry.

Provides for a sex offender public awareness outreach program to provide educational outreach to schools, community groups and clergy on issues related to sex offenders.

Defines residence under the sex offender registry act.

Provides that any person who knowingly harbors, houses or employs a sex offender who has failed to register or verify address and employment, and who fails to contact his or her local law enforcement agency regarding such sex offender is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

Relates to permissible employment, employment related activities, and volunteer activities that may be performed by convicted sex offenders; prohibits sex offenders from working on vehicles that sell frozen desserts and from working at a facility where they have unsupervised access to residential living quarters.

Prohibits registered sex offenders from working with children.

Relates to providing only plastic or composite eating utensils at state correctional facilities for use in cafeterias, mess halls, canteens, commissaries, or any other dining facility located within.

Requires that all comments and testimony made by a third party either in support or opposition in a parole hearing shall be considered when coming to a decision; adds provisions relating to confidentiality of victim statements.

Enacts "Cesar's law" to require the retaking of parolees, who abscond from the supervision of the state board of parole.

Authorizes the state board of parole to require a violent felony offender to serve his or her maximum term, if, by clear and convincing evidence, release would pose an imminent threat to society; authorizes the withholding of good behavior allowances of violent felony offenders by the state board of parole upon such a finding.

Authorizes daily visitation at all general confinement correctional facilities.