{"id":2725,"date":"2023-02-13T14:39:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T19:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=2725"},"modified":"2023-02-17T09:32:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T14:32:42","slug":"pef-working-to-shape-the-executive-budget-in-the-best-interests-of-members-the-people-they-serve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-41-no-1\/pef-working-to-shape-the-executive-budget-in-the-best-interests-of-members-the-people-they-serve\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF working to shape the Executive Budget in the best interests of members, the people they serve\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FebruaryFebruary 17, 2023 —<\/em> PEF submitted written testimony<\/a> on Feb. 7 to a committee focused on the public protection components of the governor\u2019s executive budget proposal. The written testimony and the remarks made by in-person witnesses will help the committee as it considers how best to fund state-operated services for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals; including ways to improve staffing and safety, and add hazard pay at the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

State-operated services and hazard pay<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PEF feels this year\u2019s budget surplus provides the state a unique opportunity to address public safety concerns around mental health and addiction, reinvest savings to support greater mental health, wellness, education, training, and addiction services to incarcerated individuals, and bolster DOCCS\u2019 ranks amid a staffing decline.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PEF fully supports the effort to reduce the state\u2019s incarcerated population, but the work needs to fall to well-trained and educated state employees and not private providers. The over-reliance on private providers is a detriment to the continuum of care and misses the mark on integrated services for those with multiple needs.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hazard pay, beyond the provisions of the Healthcare Workforce Bonus program included in last year\u2019s budget, could go a long way toward retaining staff and is a fitting recognition for the hard work and sacrifices made during the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PEF is urging legislators to include hazard pay in this budget for all staff who interacted with incarcerated individuals and parolees daily, as well as others deemed \u201cessential\u201d during the pandemic.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Community supervision legislation and amendments<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The union fully supports the governor\u2019s intentions with the \u201cGun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) program, the \u201cSupervisors Again Violent Engagement\u201d (SAVE) initiative, and increased funding for re-entry services.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PEF is asking the legislature to pass GIVE and SAVE, as well as enact legislation to develop a real system of integrated state-operated wellness, mental health, addiction, job placement and other programs to help formerly incarcerated individuals access services for success.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLess is More\u201d<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201cLess is More\u201d law, as passed, needs to be amended to better serve parolees, parole officers, and the community. While PEF supports portions of the law, like providing earned time credits for adhering to a parole plan and ensuring parolees have expedited proceedings, the law falls short in other ways.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2021, the number of parolees in New York City has decreased. Over this same period, the number of parolees rearrested for a misdemeanor or felony has increased. PEF believes this to be, in part, due to some parolees no longer feeling compelled to adhere to addiction treatment, mental health plans, or other parole plans because Less is More no longer allows for their reincarceration for failure to follow required plans.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

PEF is calling for a higher standard for violent felony offenders; real sanctions for parolees convicted of violent felonies; correcting shortcomings of earned time credits that allow those who do not adhere to parole plans to also receive the credits; and instituting a \u201cred flag\u201d provision for at-risk parolees allowing officers to seek an immediate judicial review and determination for limited reincarceration for violations representing immediate danger to themselves or the community.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHALT\u201d<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the interest of protecting incarcerated individuals and staff from ongoing assaults by other incarcerated individuals, PEF is asking for changes to the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act (HALT).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Suggested policy solutions include utilizing the state\u2019s excess correctional facility space to establish separate, segregated space to provide protective options for those targeted; reestablish the use of \u201cstep down\u201d programs to allow earned privileges and the use of fewer restraints for good behavior; expand professional mental and behavioral treatment; establish a merit system to shape positive behavior; and continued expansion of re-entry services.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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