Bill > A05535

This bill amends the New York Correction Law to encourage two key improvements in correctional facilities: ensuring hot water availability and providing vocational training for inmates. Specifically, the bill requires that correctional facilities be plumbed to provide hot water to cells, rooms, and dormitories where possible, and creates an opportunity for incarcerated individuals to receive vocational training in installing solar hot water systems. The vocational training provision aims to serve a dual purpose: improving facility infrastructure by installing solar hot water systems and providing inmates with marketable job skills that could help them after release. The training would focus on installing solar hot water systems in correctional facilities that currently lack hot water amenities. These changes are designed to improve living conditions for incarcerated individuals and provide them with professional skills training. The bill will take effect 180 days after becoming law, allowing correctional facilities time to plan and implement the necessary changes.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5535