A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the department of correction to report on the rate of emergency lock-ins

Summary

The Department of Correction may at times prohibit the movement of incarcerated people within a facility, for all departmental facilities, or individual housing area in what is known as a “emergency lock-in” or “lockdown.” This bill requires both a quarterly and a yearly report on the number of emergency lock-ins, the reasons they occur, durations of lock-ins and the scope of disrupted mandated services.

Official summary of legislation · NYC Council