The Department of Correction may at times prohibit the movement of inmates within a facility or for all departmental facilities in what is known as a “lockdown.” This bill requires both a quarterly and a yearly report on the number of lockdowns and the reasons they occur.
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Int. No. 1312
By Council Members Dromm and Chin
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of correction to report on the rate of lockdowns
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 9 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 9-146 to read as follows:
§ 9-146 Lockdown report. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Departmental lockdown. The term “departmental lockdown” means any period of time during which inmates are not permitted to move within any departmental facility.
Facility lockdown. The term “facility lockdown” means any period of time during which inmates are not permitted to move within a departmental facility.
b. 45 days after the quarter beginning January 1, 2017, and no later than the 45th day after the end of each subsequent quarter, the department shall post on its website a report containing the following information for the preceding quarter:
1. the number of departmental lockdowns, in total and disaggregated by the reason for such lockdown, as determined by the department;
2. the number of facility lockdowns, in total and disaggregated by the reason for such lockdown, as determined by the department; and
3. the number of facility lockdowns disaggregated by facility, in total and disaggregated by the reason for such lockdown, as determined by the department.
c. 45 days after January 1, 2017, and no later than the 45th day after the end of each subsequent year, the department shall post on its website a report containing the information from paragraphs 1 through 3 of subdivision b of this section for the preceding year.
d. The information required by subdivisions b and c of this section shall be compared to the previous 4 reporting periods, and shall be stored permanently and shall be accessible from the department’s website.
§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
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LS # 8546
9/30/16