Committee on Criminal Justice
TL;DR
The Committee on Criminal Justice held an oversight hearing on mental health care in city jails and introduced two new laws aimed at improving conditions for incarcerated individuals. The proposed laws would extend a task force focused on transgender and gender nonconforming individuals' treatment in custody, and create mental health services for children visiting incarcerated family members.
Key Decisions
- Oversight hearing on mental health care in NYC jails Hearing held
- Local Law extending task force for transgender, gender nonconforming, non-binary, and intersex individuals in DOC custody Introduced
- Local Law to provide mental health services for children visiting incarcerated individuals Introduced
Agenda
- T2026-2456 Oversight - Mental Health Care in New York City Jails.Oversight
- Int 0133-2026 A Local Law in relation to extending the minimum duration of and updating other requirements pertaining to the task force created to address policies related to the treatment and housing of transgender, gender nonconforming, non-binary, and intersex individuals in the custody of the department of correctionIntroduction
- Int 0453-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the provision of mental health services for children visiting incarcerated individualsIntroduction