S 8249: Requires the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to collect and report on data from the office of special investigations regarding complaints received by such office in the previous quarter.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8249 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to reports on data collected from the office of special investigations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 112 of the correction law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. (a) The commissioner shall collect data from the office of special 4 investigations established by the department and report quarterly to the 5 speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, and the 6 governor regarding complaints received the previous quarter by the 7 office. For the report period, such data and report shall include, but 8 not be limited to: 9 (i) the number of confirmed and unconfirmed complaints received by the 10 office of special investigations categorized by facility the complaint 11 originated from, complaint type or allegation, subject of the complaint 12 (i.e. incarcerated individual, security staff, civilian staff, or 13 other), and how the complaint was received by the office; 14 (ii) the total number of complaints: assigned for an investigation by 15 the office of special investigations; assigned to each division or unit 16 within the office of special investigations; referred to the appropriate 17 central office division head; referred to a facility superintendent or 18 community supervision bureau chief for investigation; referred to a 19 facility superintendent or community supervision bureau chief for other 20 appropriate action; and referred to a state, local, or federal agency 21 with jurisdiction. Such data shall include the facility the complaint 22 originated from and the complaint type or allegation; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13047-01-5 
 S. 8249 2 1 (iii) the total number of investigations closed by each office of 2 special investigations unit or division within the reporting time peri- 3 od; 4 (iv) the total number of referrals for criminal prosecution. Such data 5 shall include the facility the complaint originated from, the complaint 6 type or allegation, and the subject of the complaint (i.e. incarcerated 7 individual, security staff, civilian staff, or other); 8 (v) the total number of referrals to the department's bureau of labor 9 relations for consideration of employee disciplinary charges including 10 which facility the referral originated from; and 11 (vi) office of special investigations staffing data including the 12 total number of staff, position type, and number of open positions. 13 (b) The commissioner shall report annually the average length of time 14 to close an investigation by the office of special investigation by 15 division for each correctional facility and any recommendations made by 16 the office of special investigations to the relevant departmental 17 program areas for consideration of a revision to a policy or procedure. 18 Such report shall categorize such recommendations by facility, the 19 nature of the recommendation, and any action taken in response to the 20 recommendation. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.