Bill > S03611

This bill requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to permanently terminate the Family Reunion Program (conjugal visit program) in New York state correctional facilities. The bill specifically directs the commissioner to end the existing program that allows selected inmates to have private, extended visits with family members and prohibits the establishment of any similar future programs. By adding a new subdivision to Section 146 of the correction law, the legislation would effectively eliminate conjugal or private extended visits between inmates and their families. The bill is straightforward in its intent to completely remove the current visitation option for inmates, which has traditionally allowed qualifying prisoners to spend private time with their partners or family members in a designated area within the correctional facility. The legislation would take effect immediately upon enactment, meaning the Family Reunion Program would be terminated as soon as the bill becomes law.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3611