Int. No. 447-A
By Council Members Dromm and Rivera
Title
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 emergency lock-ins
Body
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 9-155 to read as follows:
? 9-155 Emergency lock-in report. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Continuous lock-in. The term "continuous lock-in" means any period of time in which incarcerated individuals are confined to their cells or beds due to the combination of an emergency lock-in and either a scheduled lock-in or a lock-in extension, or both.
Department-wide emergency lock-in. The term "department-wide emergency lock-in" means any period of time during which incarcerated individuals are confined to their cells or beds throughout all department facilities, but shall not include any scheduled period of lock-in.
Facility emergency lock-in. The term "facility emergency lock-in" means any period of time during which incarcerated individuals are confined to their cells or beds within all housing areas of an individual departmental facility, but shall not include any scheduled period of lock-in.
Housing area emergency lock-in. The term "housing area emergency lock-in" means any period of time during which incarcerated individuals within an individual housing area within a facility are confined to their cells or beds, but shall not include any scheduled period of lock-in.
Lock-in extension. The term "lock-in extension" means when a scheduled period of lock-in is extended.
Mandated services. The term "mandated services" means incarcerated individual services required to be provided pursuant to local law or rule, including but not limited to access to: law lib...
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