Protect In-Person Visits in NYS Correctional Facilities
The NY Senate passed the Protect In-Person Visits bill on June 6, 2025. Please join us in urging the NY Assembly to also pass the bill so it can be sent to the Governor for her signature. The legislative session ends Tuesday evening, June 17, 2025. TAKE ACTION TODAY!
Take Action
Call Assembly Speaker Heastie at 518-455-3791
We ask EVERYONE to also contact NYS Assembly Corrections Committee Chair, Assemblymember Erik Dilan, and ask him to urge Speaker Heastie to schedule the Protect In-Person Visits bill for a vote.
AM Dilan's phone number: 518-455-5821
Email: DilanE@nyassembly.gov
Subject: Pass A4603 Protect In-Person Visits in Prisons and Jails
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Dear Assemblymember Dilan,
Please urge Speaker Heastie to schedule the Protect In-Person Visits bill (A4603/S5037) for a vote immediately. Families are counting on you, as the Corrections Chair, to TAKE ACTION to support our loved ones inside. Passing the Protect In-Person Visits bill is not controversial. The Senate has passed it six years in a row. Please pass the bill before the session ends so that families know we can continue to visit our loved ones IN PERSON.
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CONTACT NY STATE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER HEASTIE
Contact:
518-455 3791​
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Dear Speaker Heastie,
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I urge you to schedule the Protect In-Person Visits bill, A4603, bill for a vote this session. The Senate has passed it six years in a row. Please TAKE ACTION before session ends to ensure we can visit our incarcerated loved ones IN PERSON.
Visiting is a lifeline for families with incarcerated loved ones, but limited visiting hours at some jails make it difficult to visit and I am alarmed that jails across the country are replacing in-person visits with expensive video calls.
This bill would require correctional facilities in New York to offer evening and/or weekend visiting hours and protect in-person visits from being replaced with video conferencing. Video is a good supplement but we need in person visits too. Families are counting on you.
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Thank you,
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Contact State Leadership ​​
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I urge New York to Protect In-Person Visits (A4603/S5037) in prisons and jails. Pricey video calls are replacing visits at jails across the country. We cannot let this happen in NY! @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @leaderasc.bsky.social pass this bill now to ensure families can visit in person.
Visits are a lifeline, but limited visit hours at some jails make visiting difficult. [tag your Senator and Assemblymember] please co-sponsor A4603/S5037 to require evening or weekend visit hours & #ProtectVisits from being replaced with video. #LoveLivesInPerson
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Hello,
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I am your constituent and I urge you to call on Speaker Heastie to schedule the Protect In-Person Visits bill A4603 for a full vote to prevent visits in New York's prisons and jails from being replaced with expensive video calls. The Senate passed this bill SIX years in a row and I ask the Assembly to do the same.
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Visiting is a lifeline for families with incarcerated loved ones, but limited visiting hours at some jails make it difficult to visit and I am alarmed that jails across the country are replacing in-person visits with expensive video calls.
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This bill would require correctional facilities in New York to offer evening and/or weekend visiting hours and protect in-person visits from being replaced with video conferencing. Video is a good supplement but we need in person visits too. Families are counting on you.
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Thank you,