Bill > A04250

This bill establishes a visiting program for incarcerated people, which gives them opportunities for personal contact with relatives, friends, clergy, volunteers, and other persons to promote better institutional adjustment and better community adjustment upon release. The program must include visiting hours that accommodate people traveling within the state, visits of sufficient duration (at least one hour at local correctional facilities), and a published overcrowding policy that considers factors like the distance traveled by the visitor and the frequency of visits. The bill also specifies that video conferencing may supplement, but not replace, in-person visits, and that no incarcerated person can be visited against their will.

Budget and Finance, Housing and Urban Affairs, Justice

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4250