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Int 1222-2018

Requiring the dept of correction to post a quarterly report regarding the visitation of incarcerated individuals.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Criminal Justiceintroduced 2018-11-14

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2018-11-14Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

The Department of Correction is required to report justifications for visitor cancellation. This law would require the department to report on this area with greater specificity.

Committee on Criminal JusticeDepartment of Correction [ and], Department of Probation, and the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.

How it compares

40% of similar bills passed

20 passed · 30 died

This bill: 1142 days in committee

Similar bills: median 480 days · 163 days when passed

Sponsors (1)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-11-14 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-11-14 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2018-11-14 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision b of section 9-140 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 85 for the year 2015, is amended to read as follows: 3. The number of visitors unable to visit an inmate at any city jail, in total and disaggregated by the reason such visit was not completed. If any such incomplete visit is categorized as "pending investigation" or "refuse to obey rules and regulations," the department shall disaggregate the reason such incomplete visit was so categorized. The department shall include a reason for the refusal of an incarcerated individual to accept visitors. � 2. Subdivision b of section 9-140 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new paragraph 7 to read as follows: 7. The mean and median duration of visits to incarcerated individuals, in total and disaggregated by facility and by professional and non-professional visits. � 3. This local law takes effect immediately. AS LS 7672/7862 9/21/2018, 3:53 PM 1