BILL NUMBER: S4398
SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the correction law, in relation to an annual report of
department statistics
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This legislation requires the department of corrections and community
supervision to provide an annual inmate mortality report. Further,. it
requires the department to provide a report to the legislation with
seven days following the suicide or other death of an inmate.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently the department of corrections and community supervision
provides biennial reports on inmate suicides and inmate mortality. This
legislation modifies an existing practice by simply requiring a single
annual report on all inmate deaths.
Additionally, this bill requires the department to provide a preliminary
report to the legislature within seven days of the death of an inmate.
Parents and family members of inmates often contact their elected repre-
sentative when their son or daughter dies in prison. Members of the
legislature should have some knowledge of an inmate's death and some
information as to the circumstances surrounding such inmate's death as
well as the status of the investigation. This bill requires the depart-
ment to provide such information in a timely manner to the speaker,
majority leader, minority leaders and chairs of the assembly correction
committee and the senate crime victim crime and correction committee.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: OF BILL:
2015-2016: A7822A - Referred to Ways and Means
2017-2018: A6007 - Referred to Ways and Means
2019-2020: A6261 - Referred to Corrections
2021-2022: S5516 - Referred to Corrections
2023-2024: S5599- Referred to Corrections
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

Statutes affected:
S4398: 29 correction law