N.Y. Correction Law Section 22-B
Disclosure of video footage related to the death of incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers employed by ...

§ 22-b. Disclosure of video footage related to the death of incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers employed by the department.

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Definition. As used in this section the term “video footage” shall include, but not be limited to, recordings from fixed or stationary cameras, body-worn cameras, handheld devices, or any other recording equipment maintained or used by correctional staff within an institution or correctional facility.

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Duty to disclose. The department shall disclose to the attorney general’s office of special investigation any video footage that such office deems to be related to the death of an incarcerated individual. This shall include any case in which the attorney general’s office of special investigation determines the death involves a correction officer or peace officer employed by the department.

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Timeframe for disclosure. The commissioner or commissioner’s designee shall make reasonable good faith efforts to ascertain the existence of and obtain any relevant video footage or audio recordings that existed or that may be related to the death and shall disclose such video footage or audio records within seventy-two hours of the occurrence of the death. If the commissioner or commissioner’s designee learns of additional video footage or audio recordings which are related to the death, the commissioner or commissioner’s designee shall disclose such recordings within twenty-four hours of such discovery and provide the circumstances surrounding the discovery of such records to the attorney general’s office of special investigations.

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Redactions and exceptions. No redactions shall be made to the video footage before it is disclosed to the attorney general’s office of special investigation.

Source: Section 22-B — Disclosure of video footage related to the death of incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers employed by ..., https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/COR/22-B (updated Feb. 20, 2026; accessed Feb. 28, 2026).

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