S1208 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Establishes a New York state prison labor board to ensure that all labor programs comply with the requirements of the labor law and are for the purpose of promoting successful rehabilitation, reentry and reintegration into the community and not for the purpose of earnings or cost-savings which inure to the benefit the state or any private individual or corporation; prohibits the department of corrections and community supervision from unfairly attaching, garnishing or disbursing the funds of incarcerated individuals where such individuals have not requested disbursement; requires that all interest accumulated on incarcerated individuals' funds be credited to such individual's accounts; eliminates the preferred status of the department of corrections and community supervision regarding commodities and services furnished by the correctional industries program; repeals certain provisions of the state finance law relating to such preferred status.
- Title
- Establishes a New York state prison labor board; repealer
- Type
- New York State Senate bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Senate Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
- Introduced
- 2025-01-08
- Same as
- A10626
- Law section
- Correction Law
Sponsors
- Zellnor Myrie State Senator, District 20
Co-sponsors
- Cordell Cleare State Senator, District 30
- Gustavo Rivera State Senator, District 33
- Jabari Brisport State Senator, District 25
- Julia Salazar State Senator, District 18
- Kevin S. Parker State Senator, District 21
- Kristen Gonzalez State Senator, District 59
Heard in committee
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction NY State Senate committee
Same as
- A10626 (2025-26 session) NY State bill