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This bill amends the New York Correction Law to require correctional facilities to provide hot water to cells, rooms, and dormitories where possible, and specifically authorizes providing vocational training to incarcerated individuals in the installation of solar hot water systems. The bill modifies two sections of the existing law: first, it updates the requirement for sleeping accommodations to emphasize plumbing cells and rooms to provide hot water, and second, it expands the potential labor and training opportunities for incarcerated individuals to include installing solar hot water systems in facilities that lack this amenity. The legislation aims to improve living conditions in correctional facilities while simultaneously offering meaningful vocational training to incarcerated individuals, with the added benefit of potentially reducing facility infrastructure costs through solar technology. The bill will take effect 180 days after becoming law, allowing time for correctional facilities to prepare for implementation.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4357