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Int 0152-2024
| * | Tiffany Cabán | | | Extending the minimum duration of and updating other requirements pertaining to the task force created to address policies related to the treatment and housing of transgender, gender nonconforming, non-binary, and intersex individuals in the custody of th | Introduction | This bill would amend Local Law 145 of 2019, which established a task force to address policies related to the treatment and housing of transgender, gender nonconforming, non-binary, and intersex individuals in the custody of the Department of Correction. The bill would amend the minimum duration date of the task force to be one year after the issuance of the fifth annual task force report, require that the task force self-elect a chair, require a Speaker appointee instead of a Council appointee as a task force member, and provide for ways that the Department of Correction and Correctional Health Services must substantively participate in the task force. The task force would be required to elect a chair within 90 days of the effective date of this bill. This bill would also make various amendments to update and clarify language. | | |
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Int 0412-2024
| * | Lincoln Restler | | | Notifying emergency contacts and attorney of record when an individual in custody attempts suicide, is hospitalized, or is seriously injured. | Introduction | This bill would require Correctional Health Services (“CHS”) to solicit authorization from an individual in custody of the Department of Correction to contact their attorney of record and emergency contacts if the individual attempts suicide, is hospitalized, or is seriously injured. Upon request by the individual, CHS would be required to ascertain the individual’s attorney of record in order to obtain the authorization. Additionally, when an incarcerated individual attempts suicide, is hospitalized, or is seriously injured, CHS would be required to notify parties authorized by the individual to receive this information within 1 hour of CHS confirming the suicide attempt, making a determination that hospitalization is necessary, or making a determination that the injury is serious. | | |
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Int 0423-2024
| * | Carlina Rivera | | | Procedures following the death of an individual in custody of the department of correction and a report on compassionate release. | Introduction | This bill would establish procedures for the Department of Correction (DOC), Correctional Health Services (CHS), and the Board of Correction (BOC) to follow after an individual dies in DOC custody. DOC would be required to notify the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the deceased’s defense attorney, BOC, and the public. DOC would be required to provide all relevant records to BOC for investigation. DOC, CHS, and BOC would be required to investigate every death and issue reports. DOC and CHS would be required to respond to recommendations contained in reports from BOC and the Department of Investigation. DOC would be required to provide regular updates on the status of any staff misconduct cases related to the circumstances that contributed to an individual’s death. This bill would also establish a Jail Death Review Board to examine systemic issues that contributed to deaths in custody. DOC would also be required to report on compassionate releases. | | |
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Int 0735-2024
| A | Althea V. Stevens | | Proposed Int. No. 735-A | Requiring the DOC to report on sexual assault and sexual harassment of correctional staff and providing staff access to mental health treatment resources. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Correction (DOC) to report on alleged incidents of sexual assault and sexual harassment by incarcerated individuals against staff working in City jails. For each incident, DOC would be required to report information related to the alleged incident and related investigation. The bill would also require the DOC to ensure that staff have access to mental health resources relating to reducing stress and other adverse mental health impacts for persons working in correctional facilities. | | |
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Int 1036-2024
| * | Sandy Nurse | | | Requiring correctional health services to provide reports regarding people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a court-ordered forensic psychiatric examination. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Correction to issue quarterly public reports on people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a forensic psychiatric examination pursuant to Section 730 of the New York Criminal Procedure Law. Among other things, information in these reports would include the number of people in custody who have been ordered to undergo a forensic psychiatric examination, the housing area type where these individuals are being detained, and the average length of time a person deemed unfit to stand trial spends in custody before being discharged to an appropriate institution for competency restoration. | | |
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Int 1026-2024
| * | Crystal Hudson | | | Quarterly reporting requirements on visitations of incarcerated individuals and requiring the DOC to record notifications to incarcerated individuals of visitation requests. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Correction to report separately on in-person and tele-visits and provide more detailed reporting on the reasons jail visits are not completed. The bill would also require the Department of Correction to record interactions in which a person in custody is informed about a visitor and refuses to attend the visit. | | |
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Int 1023-2024
| * | Jennifer Gutiérrez | | | Requiring the DOC to establish and operate an online scheduling system for visits to incarcerated persons. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Correction (DOC) to establish and operate an online scheduling system to facilitate visits to incarcerated individuals, provided that DOC shall not require the use of the online scheduling system to visit an incarcerated individual. At minimum, this online scheduling system must be accessible by mobile devices and computers, give the public the ability to request dates and times for jail visits, allow DOC to notify individuals if a scheduled visit needs to be canceled, and provide individuals with a reason if their request to schedule a visit is not approved. If an individual misses their scheduled appointment, they may complete the visit at a later time on that date where practicable. Starting January 30, 2028, the bill requires annual reporting on the number of people who used the online scheduling system to schedule a visit and were approved by DOC, the number of people who used the online system and were not approved by DOC, the number of people who visited an incarcerated individual and did not use the online scheduling system, and the number of complaints the department received regarding the online scheduling system for visits. | | |
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Int 1027-2024
| * | Crystal Hudson | | | Requiring that people in the custody and staff of the DOC have access to gender-affirming items and medical devices. | Introduction | This bill would establish a process for people in custody to obtain wigs, hair extensions, chest binders, tucking undergarments or gaffs, prosthetics, or other similar items or medical devices that are used by individuals to affirm their self-determined gender identity. The bill also requires Department of Correction staff to have access to gender-affirming items or medical devices while at work. | | |
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