New York A11071 prohibits the Department of Corrections from placing incarcerated individuals in two-person cells in residential rehabilitation units.

New York A11071 amends the correction law to prohibit the Department of Corrections from placing incarcerated individuals in two-person cells in residential rehabilitation units unless the individuals provide express agreement. Any incarcerated individual in a two-person cell at the time of enactment who does not agree must be relocated to a single cell environment. The bill defines "two-person cells" as cells housing two incarcerated individuals simultaneously in residential rehabilitation units.

New York A11071 prohibits the Department of Corrections from placing incarcerated individuals in two-person cells in residential rehabilitation units.

New York A11071 amends the correction law to prohibit the Department of Corrections from placing incarcerated individuals in two-person cells in residential rehabilitation units unless the individuals provide express agreement. Any incarcerated individual in a two-person cell at the time of enactment who does not agree must be relocated to a single cell environment. The bill defines "two-person cells" as cells housing two incarcerated individuals simultaneously in residential rehabilitation units.