A 5283 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detention facilities

This bill authorizes New York's Correctional Association to regularly inspect all juvenile detention facilities operated by the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), including secure and non-secure residential facilities. It grants the Association unannounced inspection rights, access to incident reports, confidential contact with youth/staff, and the duty to immediately report abuse allegations to OCFS and other oversight bodies. The bill also requires OCFS to provide youth in these facilities access to a confidential hotline (via Prisoners' Legal Services) for reporting abuse, and mandates annual public reports from the Association on facility conditions with OCFS responses. It directly affects youth in OCFS-run facilities and establishes new oversight mechanisms to protect their welfare.
Sub-Topics: Juvenile Justice
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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A5283 A5283A · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill expands the inspection authority of the Correctional Association of New York to include all types of juvenile facilities operated by the Office of Children and Family Services, including non-secure and residential division facilities. It also clarifies reporting requirements for abuse allegations and updates the hotline access provisions to match the expanded facility scope.
Scope change
The bill's scope was significantly expanded from only secure and limited secure facilities to include non-secure detention facilities, specialized secure detention facilities, secure residential division facilities, limited secure residential division facilities, and non-secure residential division facilities.
SCOPE

Inspection authority now applies to all facility types including non-secure and residential division facilities, not just secure and limited secure facilities.

REQUIREMENT

Added explicit authority for unannounced visits to all facility types to ensure youth welfare protection.

Updated hotline access requirements to apply to all facility types rather than only secure facilities.

TECHNICAL

Bill was amended during committee review with sponsor additions (Hevesi, Davila) and discharged from committee before final passage.

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Total actions
4
Key actions
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Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO CORRECTION
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 5283A
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CORRECTION
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO CORRECTION
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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