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Re-Entry and Reintegration: The Road to Public Safety - Report and Recommendations of the New York State Bar Association Special Committee on Collateral Consequences of Criminal Proceedings
- Organization: New York State Bar Association
- Document Type: Report
- Date Created: Friday, June 02, 2006
- Submitted: Wednesday, November 01, 2006
- Attachment(s): LINK
"Re-Entry and Reintegration: The Road to Public Safety"
Report and Recommendations of the Special Committee on Collateral Consequences of Criminal Proceedings
The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Special Committee on the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Proceedings has prepared this report on the collateral punishments experienced by New York residents who have been arrested or charged with a criminal offense, whether convicted or not, and the consequences of these punishments on their families, their communities and our society in general.
The report details all of the collateral consequences of criminal proceedings; the original purpose and intent of these often hidden sanctions; their usefulness as a societal sanction; and their impact on the ability of formerly incarcerated persons to reintegrate successfully into society. It also analyzes the role played by each criminal justice stakeholder - including the prosecution, the defense, the judiciary, the legislature, civil legal services, probation, and parole - in the imposition of these sanctions, as well as the role of each in counseling defendants about the full consequences of criminal proceedings and assisting in the appropriate mitigation of such consequences.