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Prisoners In New York State Can’t Be Called ‘Inmate’ Anymore
Inmates in New York State are getting a new name. The Bill A9273/S8216 was delivered to Governor Kathy Hochul on August 5, 2022, and signed into law, according to Pix 11.
Governor Hochul said,
In New York, we’re doing everything in our power to show that justice and safety can go hand-in-hand. We can make our streets and communities safer by giving justice-involved individuals the chance to complete their rehabilitation program and work at the same time. By treating all New Yorkers with dignity and respect, we can improve public safety while ensuring New Yorkers have a fair shot at a second chance.
The bill was sponsored by Sen. Gustavo Rivera in the State Senate and Assemblymember Jeffrion L. Aubry in The Assembly.
What Will Inmates In New York State Be Called Moving Forward?
Elected officials and advocates believe that the new title doesn't stigmatize them the way 'inmates' does,
Replaces instances of the words inmate or inmates with the words incarcerated individual or incarcerated individuals.
The bill is designed to change the wording across the following:
- correction law
- executive law
- local finance law
- mental hygiene law
- penal law
- public health law
- social services law
- administrative code of the City of New York
Before he resigned, Governor Andrew Cuomo actually signed the bill into law in August of 2021. However, the bill needed to be passed again in the 2021-2022 legislative session due to technicalities,
In 2021 the legislature passed and the Governor later signed S.3332/A.3295, which replaced all instances of the words "inmate" or "inmates" to "incarcerated individual" or "incarcerated individuals". While the previous legislation covered all instances of the law, it did not cover active pieces of legislation in 2021 that were signed into law with references of inmate or inmates. This legislation would make those changes to new laws that were chaptered to ensure that all instances of "inmate" or "inmates" are changed to "incarcerated individual" or "incarcerated individuals" and will be consistent moving forward.
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