A 691

  • New York Assembly Bill
  • 2021 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Assembly
  • Assembly
  • Senate
  • Governor

Relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated people based upon gender identity

Abstract

Relates to the treatment and placement of incarcerated people based upon gender identity; requires that incarcerated people in state and local correctional facilities who have a gender identity different from the person's assigned sex at birth be addressed and have access to commissary items, clothing and other materials that are consistent with the person's gender identity; establishes that incarcerated people shall be presumptively placed in a correctional facility with persons of the gender that most closely aligns with such person's gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement, such person is free to change their mind and switch at any time.

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Jan 05, 2022

Assembly

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Jan 06, 2021

Assembly

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