Bill > S03087

This bill directs the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to establish a comprehensive contraband screening plan for correctional facilities that includes several key components: using trained drug-detection canines at facility entrances, implementing thorough searches of visitors, staff, and items entering the facilities (which may involve electronic searches, metal detectors, pat searches, and visual cavity inspections), providing staff training on current contraband screening procedures, and creating a third-party secure vendor mail program for delivering non-privileged correspondence and products to incarcerated individuals. The bill requires the commissioner to submit an annual report to the legislature by December 31st detailing the previous year's contraband screening efforts, including canine assignment results, contraband prevention attempts, data on contraband confiscated through the mail program, and statewide urine test results. The commissioner is also granted the authority to develop necessary rules and regulations to implement these provisions, with the act taking effect immediately upon passage.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3087