N.Y. Correction Law Section 607
Prohibition of double-bunked housing

1.

For purposes of this section “double-bunked housing” shall mean the practice of incarcerated individual housing where bunk beds are used in a dormitory setting, with incarcerated individuals residing in an open space and sleeping on bunk beds.

2.

Upon the effective date of this section, the department is prohibited from housing incarcerated individuals using double-bunked housing practices in correctional facilities. Any incarcerated individuals housed in such double-bunked housing on the effective date of this section shall be moved to other housing accommodations provided that such accommodations are not located in a more restrictive housing unit or correctional facility unless otherwise appropriate.

3.

The department is authorized to promulgate or repeal any rules and regulations necessary to facilitate the implementation of this section.

Source: Section 607 — Prohibition of double-bunked housing, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/COR/607 (updated Sep. 2, 2022; accessed Dec. 21, 2024).

600
Certain correctional officers to administer oaths 600‑A
Jail time records and certificates 601
Delivery of commitment with incarcerated individual 601‑A
Return of persons erroneously sentenced for the purpose of resentence 601‑B
Coram nobis prisoners 601‑C
Felony prisoners 601‑D
Post-release supervision 602
Expenses of sheriff for transporting prisoners 603
Rendering accounts for conveying of prisoners 604
Payment of accounts for transporting prisoners 605
Prisoners sentenced at one session of court to be transported at same time 605‑A
Transportation of female incarcerated individuals 606
Payment of costs for prosecution of incarcerated individuals 607
Prohibition of double-bunked housing 610
Freedom of worship 611
Births to incarcerated individuals of correctional institutions and care of children of incarcerated individuals of correctional institut... 611‑A
Commitments to county or regional correctional institutions 612
United States prisoners 613
Conveyance of prisoner after arrest 614
Care and support of civil prisoner 618
Duties of state correctional institutions, penitentiaries, county jails and reformatories 619
Cooperation with authorized agencies of the department of social services 620
Service of papers in civil judicial proceedings upon a prisoner 621
Interstate cooperation with law enforcement officers and agencies of other states and the federal government 622
Sex offender treatment program 623
Incarcerated individual telephone services 624
Next of kin 625
Menstrual products 626
Medication assisted treatment in correctional facilities
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Accessed:
Dec. 21, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 2, 2022

§ 607’s source at nysenate​.gov

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