Legal Question in Civil Litigation in New York

What makes a petition legal?

I would like to put together a petition for a Correctional Facility in the state of NY to hopefully in the future introduce a family reunion program, since they do not have anything in place at this moment. Almost all the inmates in this facility are either from the city or from upstate and it is very difficult for some families to drive up 4-5 hours for a 6 hour visit and then have to go back home the same day. Due to this, a lot of inmates do not get any types of visits. Any other time someone has tried to request this, it is said that there is no money or that it is a juvenile facility. This is a maximum facility that houses over 1200 inmates and only about 15% of those inmates are under the age of 21. And a good portion of those ''under age'' inmates are married and have children. I would like to put a petition together requesting an investigation and possible action. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Asked on 12/22/03, 1:03 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Robert R. Groezinger GroezingerLaw P.C.

Re: What makes a petition legal?

This is more appropriately addressed to the NYS Department of Correctional Services directly or through your NYS Legislator.

In my humble opinion, a petition will just be futile.

Good Luck

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Answered on 12/22/03, 1:28 pm
William Pinzler william M. Pinzler

Re: What makes a petition legal?

The only suggestion I can give you is to start at the ACLU Prisoners Rights Project. In addition there are many prisoners advocacy groups which should be contacted, not because they have the same interests as you do, but because they have been down this road several times and at least can help you by providing specific help about who not to contact as it would be a waste of time.

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Answered on 12/23/03, 9:38 am


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