NYC Council Introduction 706

intro.nyc/0706-2024 2024-2025 Legislative Session
Social workers in city correctional facilities
Status: Committee Committee on Criminal Justice
Sponsored by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Introduced: March 19, 2024

This bill would require the Department of Correction (“DOC”) to maintain a ratio of at least one social worker for every ten incarcerated persons at each City correctional facility by 2026. This bill would also require DOC to report the number of social workers and the number of incarcerated persons at each correctional facility on a quarterly basis. This report would be posted on the DOC website and submitted to the Mayor and Speaker of the Council. The first report would be due on January 31, 2023.