{"id":279243,"date":"2026-06-26T19:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/279243\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T19:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:50:09","slug":"new-rule-requires-ny-judges-to-visit-detention-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/279243\/","title":{"rendered":"New rule requires NY judges to visit detention sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.sitespeaker.link\/embed\/skins\/default\/play-icon.png\"\/> Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Officials of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nydailyrecord.com\/tag\/new-york-state-unified-court-system\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with New York State Unified Court System\" target=\"_blank\">New York State Unified Court System<\/a> have announced amendments to <a href=\"https:\/\/nydailyrecord.com\/tag\/part-17\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with part 17\" target=\"_blank\">Part 17<\/a> of the Rules of the Chief Judge, that will require judges serving in criminal and family courts to conduct at least one visit per year to a <a href=\"https:\/\/nydailyrecord.com\/tag\/prison\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with prison\" target=\"_blank\">prison<\/a>, jail, or other <a href=\"https:\/\/nydailyrecord.com\/tag\/detention-facility\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with detention facility\" target=\"_blank\">detention facility<\/a>, starting Jan. 1, 2028.<\/p>\n<p>New York is now the first state in the nation to mandate immersive yearly visits by trial court judges responsible for sentencing or detention decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The change is designed to deepen judicial insight into <a href=\"https:\/\/nydailyrecord.com\/tag\/incarceration\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with incarceration\" target=\"_blank\">incarceration<\/a> conditions, and to enhance visibility and promote stronger understanding and communication among <a href=\"https:\/\/nydailyrecord.com\/tag\/corrections\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with corrections\" target=\"_blank\">corrections<\/a> systems, incarcerated individuals, and the judiciary, according to state officials.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new Part 17, <a href=\"https:\/\/nydailyrecord.com\/tag\/judicial-visits\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with judicial visits\" target=\"_blank\">judicial visits<\/a> to facilities will include opportunities for meaningful time in key areas such as intake, housing, work education, recreation, visitation, dining, and medical and mental health facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Judges will have an opportunity to meet with incarcerated individuals, employees, administrators, and service providers. Visits will rotate among facility types, including state prisons, local jails, and youth and women\u2019s facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis rule keeps judges better connected to what transpires after sentencing. It deepens a judge\u2019s firsthand understanding of <a href=\"https:\/\/nydailyrecord.com\/tag\/prison-conditions\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with prison conditions\" target=\"_blank\">prison conditions<\/a> and the broad impact of incarceration on individuals, families, and communities, as well as the opportunities available during incarceration,\u201d Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p>The new Part 17 will take effect Jan. 1, 2028, to allow sufficient time for successful implementation, which will include a new judicial orientation and education program and significant logistical planning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Officials of the New York State Unified Court System have announced amendments to Part&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[16886,68718,28311,107301,9,11,10,49,51,50,107302,107303,8098,107304],"class_list":["post-279243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-corrections","tag-detention-facility","tag-incarceration","tag-judicial-visits","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-new-york-state-unified-court-system","tag-part-17","tag-prison","tag-prison-conditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}