New York S 2656: Relates to segregated confinement; repealer

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S02656 Summary:

BILL NOS02656 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03217

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SPONSORSTEC

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN, GRIFFO, HELMING, MATTERA, MURRAY, OBERACKER, O'MARA,
 ORTT, PALUMBO, RHOADS, ROLISON, TEDISCO, WALCZYK, WEBER, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2, 137, 401 & 500-k, rpld §2 subs 33 & 34, §137 sub 6 ¶¶(h) - (o), §138 sub 7, §401-a sub 4, §45 sub
18, Cor L

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

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BILL NOS02656 

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01/22/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

03/14/2025NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

05/13/2025DEFEATED IN CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

03/06/2026NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

05/05/2026DEFEATED IN CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2656

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. STEC, BORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN,
 HELMING, MATTERA, OBERACKER, O'MARA, ORTT, PALUMBO, RHOADS, TEDISCO,
 WALCZYK, WEBER, WEIK -- 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 confinement; and to
 repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 23 of section 2 of the correction law, as sepa-
 2 rately amended by chapters 93 and 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 23. "Segregated confinement" means the disciplinary confinement of an
 5 incarcerated individual in [any form of cell confinement for more than
 6 seventeen hours a day other than in a facility-wide emergency or for the
 7 purpose of providing medical or mental health treatment. Cell confine-
 8 ment that is implemented due to medical or mental health treatment shall
 9 be within a clinical area in the correctional facility or in as close
 10 proximity to a medical or mental health unit as possible] a special
 11 housing unit or in a separate keeplock housing unit. Special housing
 12 units and separate keeplock units are housing units that consist of
 13 cells grouped so as to provide separation from the general population,
 14 and may be used to house incarcerated individuals confined pursuant to
 15 the disciplinary procedures described in regulations.
 16 § 2. Subdivisions 33 and 34 of section 2 of the correction law are
 17 REPEALED.
 18 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction
 19 law, as separately amended by chapters 93 and 322 of the laws of 2021,
 20 is amended to read as follows:
 21 (a) The incarcerated individual shall be supplied with a sufficient
 22 quantity of wholesome and nutritious food, provided, however, that such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03758-01-5

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 1 food need not be the same as the food supplied to incarcerated individ-
 2 uals who are participating in programs of the facility;
 3 § 4. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 6 of section 137 of the correction
 4 law, as separately amended by chapters 93 and 322 of the laws of 2021,
 5 clauses (A) and (E) of subparagraph (ii) as separately amended by
 6 section 1 and subparagraph (iv) as separately amended by section 2 of
 7 part NNN of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 8 follows:
 9 (d) (i) Except as set forth in clause (E) of subparagraph (ii) of this
 10 paragraph, the department, in consultation with mental health clini-
 11 cians, shall divert or remove incarcerated individuals with serious
 12 mental illness, as defined in paragraph (e) of this subdivision, from
 13 segregated confinement [or confinement in a residential rehabilitation
 14 unit], wh