Provisions
XVII.5 of 1939 • Institutions for detention of criminals; probation; parole; state commission of correction.
APPROVED
The Text
The legislature may provide for the maintenance and support of institutions for the detention of persons charged with or convicted of crime and for systems of probation and parole of persons convicted of crime. There shall be a state commission of correction, of which the head of the department of correction shall be the chairman, which shall visit and inspect, or cause to be visited and inspected by members of its staff, all institutions used for the detention of sane adults charged with or convicted of crime.
A Few Facts
• Joined the Constitution in 1939
• In Article XVII: Social Welfare
• Has 87 words
• Was proposed by the Constitutional Convention
• Went to NYS voters as proposed amendment 1 of 1938
• Is a new addition
• Amends or builds on:
◦ 1932-VIII.11
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