New York A 3847: Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to create a family reunion program

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A03847 Summary:

BILL NOA03847 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05087

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SPONSORWeprin

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COSPNSRCruz, Epstein, Rosenthal, Sayegh, Simon

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §138-b, Cor L

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Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to create a family reunion program to provide eligible incarcerated individuals and their families the opportunity to meet for an extended period of time in a residential setting.

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BILL NOA03847 

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01/30/2025referred to correction

01/07/2026referred to correction

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3847

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, CRUZ, EPSTEIN, ROSENTHAL, SAYEGH, SIMON
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Correction

 AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to establishing the
 family reunion program

 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 138-b
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 138-b. Family reunion program. 1. The department shall create a
 4 family reunion program to provide eligible incarcerated individuals and
 5 their families the opportunity to meet for an extended period of time in
 6 privacy in a residential setting. Such program shall be available at
 7 every general confinement maximum-security state correctional facility
 8 and at any medium-security state correctional facility with a general
 9 confinement incarcerated individual population capacity of over eight
 10 hundred beds. Program facilities and administration may be shared among
 11 correctional facilities. Smaller medium-security facilities located near
 12 maximum-security facilities or large medium-security facilities may be
 13 permitted to participate in the program at such facilities. Family reun-
 14 ion programs shall contain enough housing units to accommodate family
 15 reunion program visits at least one time every four months for eligible
 16 incarcerated individuals.
 17 2. Incarcerated individuals who maintain a good disciplinary record,
 18 who comply with departmental program requirements and who do not pose a
 19 current danger pursuant to subdivision four of this section shall be
 20 eligible to apply for participation in the family reunion program. A
 21 good disciplinary record shall mean the incarcerated individual has not
 22 resided in a segregated confinement unit or in keep lock for a sanction
 23 for misbehavior for over fifteen days within the last six months prior
 24 to the visit. An incarcerated individual who has not maintained a good
 25 disciplinary record may reapply for family reunion program participation
 26 six months after being released from segregated confinement or keep
 27 lock. Incarcerated individuals who are denied participation in the
 28 program may appeal to the commissioner. Once an incarcerated individual

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07450-01-5

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 1 has been approved for participation in the family reunion program, such
 2 incarcerated individual shall remain eligible to participate unless such
 3 eligibility is taken away for bad conduct, failure to comply with
 4 departmental program requirements or because such incarcerated individ-
 5 ual has been determined to pose a current danger to self or others
 6 pursuant to subdivision four of this section. If an incarcerated indi-
 7 vidual is transferred to a new facility, such incarcerated individual's
 8 eligibility for the family reunion program will continue and such incar-
 9 cerated individual shall be eligible to participate in the family reun-
 10 ion program at such new facility thirty days after arrival.
 11 3. (a) Applications for participation in the family reunion program
 12 may be made for the following family members who have established a
 13 pattern of visitation, as defined by three visits in the last twelve
 14 months unless such family member lives out of state, i