New York S 5976: Authorizes a study by the department of corrections and community supervision pertaining to the treatment of aging prison populations

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S05976 Summary:

BILL NOS05976 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05955

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COSPNSRSEPULVEDA

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

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BILL NOS05976 

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03/04/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

05/13/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5976

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims,
 Crime and Correction

 AN ACT authorizing a study by the New York state department of
 corrections and community supervision to study the treatment of aging
 prison populations and make recommendations for ensuring humane treat-
 ment of such populations

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

 1 Section 1. The department of corrections and community supervision
 2 shall undertake a study of the treatment, conditions and prevalence of
 3 aging prison populations and what plans, if any, such department has to
 4 provide for this increasing segment of incarcerated individuals. The
 5 study shall include but not be limited to the following:
 6 (a) a profile of the current elderly incarcerated individual popu-
 7 lation and statistics relating to its demographics including length and
 8 type of sentence, age at parole eligibility, race, gender, region of
 9 commitment, commitment crime and any other data that may describe such
 10 population;
 11 (b) projected populations for elderly incarcerated individuals for the
 12 next five, ten and twenty years;
 13 (c) factors contributing to the growth in the number and proportion of
 14 elderly incarcerated individuals;
 15 (d) whether, and to what extent, older prison populations are being
 16 provided with adequate or specialized housing, medical care, and
 17 specialized programs that respond to their unique needs and vulnerabili-
 18 ties, such as the need for wheelchair accessibility or accommodations
 19 relating to diminished mental or physical capacity, including a profile
 20 of such housing, medical care and programs currently provided to elderly
 21 incarcerated individuals and a projection of such provisions that will
 22 be needed five, ten and twenty years hence;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10074-01-5

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 1 (e) provision of specialized training for corrections officers working
 2 with older incarcerated individuals including what training is currently
 3 provided; and
 4 (f) a profile of classification and facilities assigned to such incar-
 5 cerated individuals including what institutional oversight, if any,
 6 exists to ensure the welfare of older incarcerated individuals within
 7 each correctional facility.
 8 § 2. The department of corrections and community supervision shall
 9 make a report to the governor and the legislature of the information
 10 required under section one of this act, its findings and conclusions,
 11 and any legislative recommendations it deems necessary no later than one
 12 year after the effective date of this act.
 13 § 3. To the maximum extent feasible, the department of corrections and
 14 community supervision shall be entitled to request and receive and shall
 15 utilize and be provided with such facilities, resources and data of any
 16 court, department, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the
 17 state or any political subdivision thereof as it may reasonably request
 18 to carry out properly its responsibilities pursuant to this act.
 19 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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