New York S02656 amends the correction law to prevent certain incarcerated individuals from being placed in residential rehabilitation units.
New York S02656 amends the correction law to prevent incarcerated individuals with serious mental illness from being placed in residential rehabilitation units. It mandates that such individuals be diverted to residential mental health treatment units instead. The bill also outlines procedures for assessing and reviewing the placement of incarcerated individuals in segregated confinement, ensuring mental health clinicians' opinions are considered.
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