Establishes an employee mental health services program for all employees who work for the department of corrections and community supervision and all employees of the office of mental health who deliver services to incarcerated individuals overseen by the department of corrections and community supervision.
Prohibits the department of corrections from placing incarcerated individuals in two-person cells in residential rehabilitation units unless such incarcerated individuals agree.
This bill is a Senate resolution that formally recognizes and celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, a nonprofit organization founded in 1976 to provide legal representation to incarcerated individuals. The resolution acknowledges the organization's history, including its origins following the 1971 Attica prison uprising and its evolution from a federally funded program to a state-funded entity, while noting its current reduced capacity due to budget constraints. The bill does not create new laws or funding but instead directs the legislative body to pause proceedings to honor the organization's contributions and authorizes sending a copy of the resolution to the Prisoners' Legal Services of New York.
Establishes procedures to be followed when the body scan of an incarcerated individual, employee or visitor to a correctional facility displays alleged abnormalities; requires staff discipline for staff who have wrongfully denied visitation to a visitor or entry to an employee based on a body scan; requires the collection and reporting of certain information relating to visitation and entry denials based on body scans; requires such law to be posted in visitor processing areas of correctional facilities.
Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to provide body-worn cameras to certain individuals visiting correctional facilities and provide those individuals with the footage from such cameras.
Relates to certain conduct that may place a person in segregated confinement; expands the criteria that can be used for calculating good behavior allowances.
Prohibits charging a fee to obtain a certified copy or certified transcript of birth when the department of corrections and community supervision or a local correctional facility requests such for an individual under community supervision in connection with such individual's ongoing supervision in the community.
Establishes procedures to be followed when the body scan of an incarcerated individual, employee or visitor to a correctional facility displays alleged abnormalities; requires staff discipline for staff who have wrongfully denied visitation to a visitor or entry to an employee based on a body scan; requires the collection and reporting of certain information relating to visitation and entry denials based on body scans; requires such law to be posted in visitor processing areas of correctional facilities.
This bill creates two new criminal offenses for harming companion animals or farm animals by adding specific sections to the agriculture and markets law. It defines second-degree endangerment as reckless conduct likely to cause suffering or injury, punishable as a misdemeanor with up to one year in prison, and first-degree endangerment as intentional or negligent acts causing injury or death, punishable as a felony with up to two years in prison. The law explicitly exempts standard farming practices, licensed veterinary procedures, commercial slaughter, and approved research activities from criminal liability. These provisions apply to anyone who owns, cares for, or harbors animals, regardless of whether the animals belong to them.
Requires the department of corrections and community supervision to provide body-worn cameras to certain individuals visiting correctional facilities and provide those individuals with the footage from such cameras.
