Bill > A1878

Introduced Session

This bill requires the superintendent of each county correctional facility to provide to inmates at least 10 days prior to their release certain information, documents, and other assistance to facilitate their reentry into the community. Specifically, the bill requires these inmates to be provided with: a copy of their criminal history record and written information on the right to have criminal records expunged; general written information on their right to vote; general written information on the availability of programs, including faith-based and secular programs, that would assist in removing barriers to their employment or participation in vocational or educational rehabilitative programs; a detailed written record of their participation in educational, training, employment, and medical or other treatment programs while incarcerated; a written accounting of the fines, assessments, surcharges, restitution, penalties, child support arrearages, and any other obligations due and payable upon their release; a non-driver identification card; a copy of the their birth certificate; assistance in obtaining a Social Security card; general written information concerning child support, including child support payments they owe, information on how to obtain child support payments, and information on where to seek services regarding child support, child custody, and establishing parentage; and a copy of their full medical record. The provisions of the bill apply only to those inmates who have been sentenced to a term of incarceration and who have been denied bail pursuant to the provisions of recently enacted bail reform law. Under the bail reform law, courts have the authority to deny defendants pretrial release and order pretrial detention.

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Elizabeth Muoio (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee (on 01/09/2018)