New York S 9854: Relates to residential rehabilitation units in correctional facilities

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S09854 Summary:

BILL NOS09854 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11071

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SPONSORRYAN C

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COSPNSRSTEC

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §608, Cor L

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Prohibits the department of corrections from placing incarcerated individuals in two-person cells in residential rehabilitation units unless such incarcerated individuals agree.

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BILL NOS09854 

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04/08/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9854

 IN SENATE

 April 8, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
 Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to residential rehabili-
 tation units in correctional facilities

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 608
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 608. Prohibition of two-person cells in certain housing situations.
 4 1. For purposes of this section, "two-person cells" shall mean cells
 5 utilized by the department to house two incarcerated individuals in
 6 residential rehabilitation units at the same time.
 7 2. The department shall be prohibited from utilizing two-person cells
 8 in any residential rehabilitation unit, unless an incarcerated individ-
 9 ual subject to a residential rehabilitation unit cell provides express
 10 agreement to reside in such a unit with another incarcerated individual.
 11 Any incarcerated individual residing in a two-person cell in a residen-
 12 tial rehabilitation unit at the time this section takes effect who does
 13 not provide such express agreement, shall be immediately relocated to a
 14 single cell environment within the residential rehabilitation unit.
 15 3. The department shall be authorized to promulgate or repeal any
 16 rules or regulations necessary to facilitate the implementation of the
 17 provisions of this section.
 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 19 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15435-01-6

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