New York S 4976: Allows certain additional privileges to incarcerated individuals when visitation is suspended for any reason

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S04976 Summary:

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Allows certain additional privileges to incarcerated individuals when visitation is suspended for any reason.

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02/14/2025REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4976

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. 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 allowing certain
 additional privileges to incarcerated individuals when visitation is
 suspended for any reason

 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. Suspension of visitation privileges. 1. Notwithstanding any
 4 other provision of law, in the event that the visitation of incarcerated
 5 individuals is suspended, for at least seven consecutive days, due to a
 6 declaration of a state of emergency by the governor, a local official or
 7 for any other reason, each incarcerated individual in a correctional
 8 facility shall be allowed and shall receive, in addition to any other
 9 privilege:
 10 (a) seven free stamps per week;
 11 (b) two free secure messages per week via electronic tablet; and
 12 (c) two free phone calls per week.
 13 2. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations
 14 necessary for the implementation of this section.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 16 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06054-01-5

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