Title COR, Correction

§ 196. Violations of institutional labor regulations. Any contract\nmade by the commissioner of correction or warden of any prison, or by\nany officer or any other authority whatsoever, of any prison,\nreformatory, penitentiary or other correctional institution of this\nstate, i…

§ 197. Occupational therapy. Nothing in this article contained shall\nbe deemed to apply to occupational therapy in any penal or correctional\ninstitution, or to prohibit the sale of the products resulting\ntherefrom. Such sale and the disposition of the proceeds thereof shall\n…

§ 198. Incarcerated individual occupational therapy fund. 1. The\ncommissioner of corrections and community supervision may authorize the\nsuperintendent or director of any correctional institution to establish\nan incarcerated individual occupational therapy fund for the receip…

* § 199. Establishment of inmate employment list. 1. The department of\ncorrectional services shall maintain a list of inmates who are eligible\nfor consideration for release on parole or otherwise within twelve\nmonths. Such list shall be amended every other month in order to a…

§ 2. Definitions. When used in this chapter, unless otherwise\nexpressly stated or the context or subject matter otherwise requires,\nthe following terms have the following meanings:\n 1. "Department" means the state department of corrections and\ncommunity supervision;\n 2. "Co…

§ 20. Library. A library shall be provided in the department\ncontaining the leading books on parole, probation and other correctional\nactivities, together with reports and other documents on correlated\ntopics of criminology and social work.\n

§ 200. Department programs and incentive allowances. 1. For the\npurpose of this section the term "incentive allowance" means monies\nallowed an incarcerated individual of a state correctional institution\nfor the efficient and willing performance of duties assigned or progress\…

§ 201. Authority and responsibility for community supervision. 1. The\ndepartment shall have responsibility for the preparation of reports and\nother data required by the state board of parole in the exercise of its\nindependent decision making functions.\n 2. In accordance with…

§ 203. Regulations for release of certain sex offenders. 1. The\ncommissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations that shall include\nguidelines and procedures on the placement of sex offenders designated\nas level two or level three offenders pursuant to article six-C of thi…

§ 205. Merit termination of sentence and discharge from presumptive\nrelease, parole, conditional release and release to post-release\nsupervision. 1. The department may grant to any person a merit\ntermination of sentence from presumptive release, parole, conditional\nrelease o…

§ 206. Applications for presumptive release or conditional release. 1.\nAll requests for presumptive release or conditional release shall be\nmade in writing on forms prescribed and furnished by the department.\nWithin one month from the date any such application is received, if…

§ 207. Cooperation. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of\ncorrections and community supervision to insure that all officers and\nemployees of the department shall at all times cooperate with the board\nof parole and shall furnish to such members and employees of the board…

§ 208. Deputization of out-of-state officers. The commissioner is\nhereby authorized and empowered to deputize any parole officer or peace\nofficer of another state to act as an officer and agent of this state in\neffecting the return of any person who has violated the terms and…

* § 209. Notice of voting rights. The department shall notify each\nperson serving a period of community supervision verbally and in writing\nof his or her right to vote and provide such person with a form of\napplication for voter registration and a declination form, offer such…

* § 209. Permitted activities. Where any person is granted presumptive\nrelease, parole, conditional release or release to post-release\nsupervision, such person shall not be deemed to be in violation of and\nthe department shall not terminate such granted presumptive release,\n…

§ 21. Acquisition of real property by purchase and acquisition. 1. The\ncommissioner, when an appropriation therefor has been made by the\nlegislature, may acquire any real property which he may deem necessary\nfor the purposes of the department by purchase or pursuant to the\ne…

§ 210. Permitted activities. Where any person is granted presumptive\nrelease, parole, conditional release or release to post-release\nsupervision, such person shall not be deemed to be in violation of and\nthe department shall not terminate such granted presumptive release,\npa…

§ 22. Institution officers not to be interested in institution\ncontracts. A commissioner of correction, superintendent or other officer\nor employee, employed at any of the institutions in the department who:\n 1. Shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract,\npur…

§ 22-a. Qualification for employment as a correction officer. No\nperson, on or after the effective date of this section, may be appointed\nto the position of a correction officer in any institution in the\ndepartment who has been convicted of a felony or of any offense in any\n…

§ 22-b. Disclosure of video footage related to the death of\nincarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers\nemployed by the department. 1. Definition. As used in this section the\nterm "video footage" shall include, but not be limited to, recordings\nf…

§ 23. Transfer of incarcerated individuals from one correctional\nfacility to another; treatment in outside hospitals. 1. The commissioner\nshall have the power to transfer incarcerated individuals from one\ncorrectional facility to another. Whenever the transfer of incarcerated…

§ 24. Civil actions against department personnel. 1. No civil action\nshall be brought in any court of the state, except by the attorney\ngeneral on behalf of the state, against any officer or employee of the\ndepartment, which for purposes of this section shall include members …

§ 24-a. Actions against persons rendering health care services at the\nrequest of the department; defense and indemnification. The provisions\nof section seventeen of the public officers law shall apply to any\nperson holding a license to practice a profession pursuant to articl…

§ 25. Mutual assistance by institutional and local fire fighting\nfacilities. In cooperation with the development and operation of plans\nfor mutual aid in cases of fire and other public emergencies, the warden\nor superintendent of any state institution in the department, with …

§ 26. Establishment of commissaries or canteens in correctional\ninstitutions. The commissioner may authorize the head of any institution\nin the department to establish a commissary or a canteen in such\ninstitution for the use and benefit of incarcerated individuals. The\nmone…

§ 261. Subpoena on application for executive clemency. The governor\nshall have the power in any matter pertaining to an application for\nclemency, to issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a person\nbefore him at a time and place designated in said subpoena; and he shall\…

§ 262. Appointment of person to hear application. The governor may\nappoint a person to conduct a hearing in a matter pertaining to an\napplication for clemency, and his compensation shall not exceed ten\ndollars for each day's actual service. Such person, upon the conclusion\no…

§ 263. Oath of witnesses. The governor or a person designated by him\nto conduct a hearing in a matter pertaining to an application for\nclemency, shall have power to administer an oath to a person brought\nbefore him.\n

§ 264. Form and service of subpoena; witness fees. A subpoena, or\nsubpoena duces tecum, issued in conformity with the provisions of this\narticle, shall be signed by the governor's secretary, and be attested by\nthe privy seal of the state. A subpoena issued under this section …

§ 265. Penalty for failure of witness to appear. A person subpoenaed\nwho fails to appear, refuses to answer, or produce a book, paper or\nwriting as provided in this article, shall upon conviction be adjudged\nguilty of a criminal contempt. And in addition thereto a person so\n…

§ 266. Disbursements. Any disbursements necessary to be made for any\nof the purposes mentioned in this article shall be paid from the\ntreasury upon the approval of the governor's secretary, on the audit and\nwarrant of the comptroller, out of any moneys in the treasury not\not…

§ 270. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms have\nthe following meanings:\n 1. "Commission" means the local conditional release commission.\n 2. "County" means each county in the state, except a county within the\ncity of New York.\n 3. "County executive" me…

§ 271. Local conditional release commission; organization. 1. Every\ncounty, and the city of New York, may adopt a local law establishing a\nlocal conditional release commission. Such commission shall be appointed\nby the county executive, upon the advice and consent of the coun…

§ 272. Local conditional release commission; function, powers and\nduties. The commission shall:\n 1. have the power and duty of determining which persons sentenced\nwithin the county, or the city of New York, and serving a definite\nsentence of imprisonment and eligible for con…

§ 273. Conditional release; procedures for application and\ndeterminations. 1. Any incarcerated individual who is eligible for\nconditional release by a commission pursuant to subdivision two of\nsection 70.40 of the penal law and who has served a minimum period of\nsixty days i…

§ 274. Conditional release; procedures for violation, delinquency,\nwarrants and revocation. 1. If at any time during the period of\nconditional release, the commission, or any member thereof, has\nreasonable cause to believe that a person who has been conditionally\nreleased ha…

§ 275. Transfer of custody and supervision of conditional releasee. 1.\nIf a person who has been granted conditional release pursuant to this\narticle resides or desires to reside in a place other than the one\nlocated within the jurisdiction of the commission which has legal\nc…

§ 276. Regulations and report. The division shall promulgate\nregulations in conformance with the provisions of this article which\nensure that local conditional release commissions operate in accordance\nwith the requirements provided in this article. The division shall\nreport…

§ 29. Department statistics. 1. The department shall continue to\ncollect, maintain, and analyze statistical and other information and\ndata with respect to persons subject to the jurisdiction of the\ndepartment, including but not limited to: (a) the number of such\npersons: pla…

§ 320. Who may apply for appointment of committee. When ever any\nperson has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in this state\nfor life, the husband, wife, relatives or next of kin or any creditor of\nsuch person may apply to the supreme court, at a special term thereo…

§ 321. Application for appointment of committee. Such application\nshall be made upon personal notice of not less than twenty days to such\nconvicted person and to the district attorney of the county where the\nconviction was had, and upon notice to such other persons as would b…

§ 322. Payment of debts and application of property. The court shall\ndirect the payment of the debts of such convicted person from said\nproperty, and may also in its discretion direct the application of the\nincome, and if need be, of the principal of such property, to the\nsu…

§ 323. Sale of property. The court in the judicial district in which a\nperson is sentenced to life imprisonment may empower, authorize and\ndirect a committee of such person to sell any of the real or personal\nproperty of such person, and to do whatever may be deemed necessary…

§ 324. Report of committee; compensation. The committee so appointed\nshall annually render an account to the court of his management and of\nhis receipts and disbursements, and transmit a copy thereof to the\nperson so convicted. The court may grant such compensation to the\nco…

§ 325. Proceedings on pardon or commutation of sentence. Should said\nconvicted person be pardoned, or his sentence be commuted, the court\nshall direct the committee to transfer to him, after his discharge from\nprison, all of said property remaining in his hands not lawfully a…

§ 350. When and to what court application to be made. Where a person\nis imprisoned in a state prison, for a term less than for life or in a\npenitentiary or county jail, for a criminal offense, for a longer term\nthan one year; one or more trustees, to take charge of his proper…

§ 351. Who may apply. A petition for such an appointment may be\npresented by either of the following persons:\n 1. A creditor of the prisoner.\n 2. The prisoner's husband, wife, or child.\n 3. One or more of his next of kin, or, where he owns real property, of\nhis heirs presum…

§ 352. Creditor must relinquish security. A creditor of the prisoner,\nwho has a judgment, mortgage, or other security, specified in section\nfifty-nine of the debtor and creditor law, can not apply for such an\nappointment, with respect to the debt so secured, unless he appends…

§ 353. Contents of petition. The petition must be in writing, and\nverified by the affidavit of the petitioner, to the effect, that the\nmatters of fact therein stated are true, to the best of the petitioner's\nknowledge and belief. It must set forth the facts, showing that the\…

§ 354. Copy of sentence and affidavit to be presented. The petition\nmust be accompanied with a copy of the sentence of conviction of the\nprisoner, duly certified by the clerk of the court by which he was\nsentenced, under the seal thereof; together with an affidavit of the\nap…