New York S 5800: Relates to providing electronic mail services to an incarcerated individual

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S05800 Summary:

BILL NOS05800 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRCOMRIE

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §623, Cor L

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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.

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BILL NOS05800 

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

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5800

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, COMRIE -- 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 providing electronic
 mail services to an incarcerated individual

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

 1 Section 1. Section 623 of the correction law, as amended by chapter
 2 322 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 623. Incarcerated individual telephone and electronic mail services.
 4 1. Telephone and electronic mail services contracts for incarcerated
 5 individuals in state correctional facilities shall be subject to the
 6 procurement provisions as set forth in article eleven of the state
 7 finance law provided, however, that when determining the best value of
 8 such telephone and electronic mail service, the lowest possible cost to
 9 the telephone and electronic mail user shall be emphasized.
 10 2. a. The department shall make available either a "prepaid" or
 11 "collect call" system, or a combination thereof, for telephone service.
 12 Under the "prepaid" system, funds may be deposited into an account in
 13 order to pay for station-to-station calls, provided that nothing in this
 14 subdivision shall require the department to provide or administer a
 15 prepaid system. Under a "collect call" system, call recipients are
 16 billed for the cost of an accepted telephone call initiated by an incar-
 17 cerated individual. Under such "collect call" system, the provider of
 18 incarcerated individual telephone service, as an additional means of
 19 payment, must permit the recipient of incarcerated individual calls to
 20 establish an account with such provider in order to deposit funds to pay
 21 for such collect calls in advance.
 22 b. The department shall make available a "prepaid" system for elec-
 23 tronic mail service. Under the "prepaid" system, funds may be deposited
 24 into an account in order to pay for additional electronic mail pursuant

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10281-01-5

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 1 to subdivision three of this section, provided that nothing in this
 2 subdivision shall require the department to provide or administer a
 3 prepaid system.
 4 3. The department shall provide secure electronic mail services to
 5 individuals in its custody. An incarcerated individual may send up to
 6 ten electronic mail letters a day at no charge. Additional electronic
 7 mail letters sent by such incarcerated individual may incur a charge of
 8 no more than twenty-five cents per electronic mail letter on a prepaid
 9 account established pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision two of this
 10 section. No person shall be charged for sending a secure electronic mail
 11 letter to an incarcerated individual.
 12 4. The department shall not accept or receive revenue in excess of its
 13 reasonable operating cost for establishing and administering such tele-
 14 phone and electronic mail system services as provided in subdivisions
 15 one [and], two and three of this section.
 16 [4.] 5. The department shall establish rules and regulations or
 17 departmental procedures to ensure that any incarcerated individual phone
 18 call and electronic mail system established by this section provides
 19 reasonable security measures to preserve the safety and security of each
 20 corre