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N.Y. Correction Law § 196 Violations of institutional labor regulations
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§ 196. Violations of institutional labor regulations. Any contract made by the commissioner of correction or warden of any prison, or by any officer or any other authority whatsoever, of any prison, reformatory, penitentiary or other correctional institution of this state, in vi…
N.Y. Correction Law § 197 Occupational therapy
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§ 197. Occupational therapy. Nothing in this article contained shall be deemed to apply to occupational therapy in any penal or correctional institution, or to prohibit the sale of the products resulting therefrom. Such sale and the disposition of the proceeds thereof shall be g…
N.Y. Correction Law § 198 Incarcerated individual occupational therapy fund
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§ 198. Incarcerated individual occupational therapy fund. 1. The commissioner of corrections and community supervision may authorize the superintendent or director of any correctional institution to establish an incarcerated individual occupational therapy fund for the receipt o…
N.Y. Correction Law § 199 Establishment of inmate employment list
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* § 199. Establishment of inmate employment list. 1. The department of correctional services shall maintain a list of inmates who are eligible for consideration for release on parole or otherwise within twelve months. Such list shall be amended every other month in order to add …
N.Y. Correction Law § 2 Definitions
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§ 2. Definitions. When used in this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated or the context or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms have the following meanings: 1. "Department" means the state department of corrections and community supervision; 2. "Commissio…
N.Y. Correction Law § 20 Library
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§ 20. Library. A library shall be provided in the department containing the leading books on parole, probation and other correctional activities, together with reports and other documents on correlated topics of criminology and social work.
N.Y. Correction Law § 200 Department programs and incentive allowances
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§ 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\…
N.Y. Correction Law § 201 Authority and responsibility for community supervision
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§ 201. Authority and responsibility for community supervision. 1. The department shall have responsibility for the preparation of reports and other data required by the state board of parole in the exercise of its independent decision making functions. 2. In accordance with the …
N.Y. Correction Law § 203 Regulations for release of certain sex offenders
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§ 203. Regulations for release of certain sex offenders. 1. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations that shall include guidelines and procedures on the placement of sex offenders designated as level two or level three offenders pursuant to article six-C of this c…
N.Y. Correction Law § 205 Merit termination of sentence and discharge from presumptive release, parole, conditional release and release to post-release supervision
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§ 205. Merit termination of sentence and discharge from presumptive release, parole, conditional release and release to post-release supervision. 1. The department may grant to any person a merit termination of sentence from presumptive release, parole, conditional release or re…
N.Y. Correction Law § 206 Applications for presumptive release or conditional release
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§ 206. Applications for presumptive release or conditional release. 1. All requests for presumptive release or conditional release shall be made in writing on forms prescribed and furnished by the department. Within one month from the date any such application is received, if it…
N.Y. Correction Law § 207 Cooperation
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§ 207. Cooperation. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to insure that all officers and employees of the department shall at all times cooperate with the board of parole and shall furnish to such members and employees of the board of…
N.Y. Correction Law § 208 Deputization of out-of-state officers
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§ 208. Deputization of out-of-state officers. The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to deputize any parole officer or peace officer of another state to act as an officer and agent of this state in effecting the return of any person who has violated the terms and co…
N.Y. Correction Law § 209 Notice of voting rights
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* § 209. Notice of voting rights. The department shall notify each person serving a period of community supervision verbally and in writing of his or her right to vote and provide such person with a form of application for voter registration and a declination form, offer such pe…
N.Y. Correction Law § 209*2 Permitted activities
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* § 209. Permitted activities. Where any person is granted presumptive release, parole, conditional release or release to post-release supervision, such person shall not be deemed to be in violation of and the department shall not terminate such granted presumptive release, paro…
N.Y. Correction Law § 21 Acquisition of real property by purchase and acquisition
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§ 21. Acquisition of real property by purchase and acquisition. 1. The commissioner, when an appropriation therefor has been made by the legislature, may acquire any real property which he may deem necessary for the purposes of the department by purchase or pursuant to the emine…
N.Y. Correction Law § 210 Permitted activities
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§ 210. Permitted activities. Where any person is granted presumptive release, parole, conditional release or release to post-release supervision, such person shall not be deemed to be in violation of and the department shall not terminate such granted presumptive release, parole…
N.Y. Correction Law § 22 Institution officers not to be interested in institution contracts
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§ 22. Institution officers not to be interested in institution contracts. A commissioner of correction, superintendent or other officer or employee, employed at any of the institutions in the department who: 1. Shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract, purchase…
N.Y. Correction Law § 22-A Qualification for employment as a correction officer
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§ 22-a. Qualification for employment as a correction officer. No person, on or after the effective date of this section, may be appointed to the position of a correction officer in any institution in the department who has been convicted of a felony or of any offense in any othe…
N.Y. Correction Law § 22-B Disclosure of video footage related to the death of incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers employed by ...
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§ 22-b. Disclosure of video footage related to the death of incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers employed by the department. 1. Definition. As used in this section the term "video footage" shall include, but not be limited to, recordings from …
N.Y. Correction Law § 23 Transfer of incarcerated individuals from one correctional facility to another; treatment in outside hospitals
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§ 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…
N.Y. Correction Law § 24 Civil actions against department personnel
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§ 24. Civil actions against department personnel. 1. No civil action shall be brought in any court of the state, except by the attorney general on behalf of the state, against any officer or employee of the department, which for purposes of this section shall include members of …
N.Y. Correction Law § 24-A Actions against persons rendering health care services at the request of the department; defense and indemnification
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§ 24-a. Actions against persons rendering health care services at the request of the department; defense and indemnification. The provisions of section seventeen of the public officers law shall apply to any person holding a license to practice a profession pursuant to article o…
N.Y. Correction Law § 25 Mutual assistance by institutional and local fire fighting facilities
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§ 25. Mutual assistance by institutional and local fire fighting facilities. In cooperation with the development and operation of plans for mutual aid in cases of fire and other public emergencies, the warden or superintendent of any state institution in the department, with the…
N.Y. Correction Law § 26 Establishment of commissaries or canteens in correctional institutions
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§ 26. Establishment of commissaries or canteens in correctional institutions. The commissioner may authorize the head of any institution in the department to establish a commissary or a canteen in such institution for the use and benefit of incarcerated individuals. The moneys r…
N.Y. Correction Law § 261 Subpoena on application for executive clemency
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§ 261. Subpoena on application for executive clemency. The governor shall have the power in any matter pertaining to an application for clemency, to issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a person before him at a time and place designated in said subpoena; and he shall als…
N.Y. Correction Law § 262 Appointment of person to hear application
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§ 262. Appointment of person to hear application. The governor may appoint a person to conduct a hearing in a matter pertaining to an application for clemency, and his compensation shall not exceed ten dollars for each day's actual service. Such person, upon the conclusion of su…
N.Y. Correction Law § 263 Oath of witnesses
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§ 263. Oath of witnesses. The governor or a person designated by him to conduct a hearing in a matter pertaining to an application for clemency, shall have power to administer an oath to a person brought before him.
N.Y. Correction Law § 264 Form and service of subpoena; witness fees
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§ 264. Form and service of subpoena; witness fees. A subpoena, or subpoena duces tecum, issued in conformity with the provisions of this article, shall be signed by the governor's secretary, and be attested by the privy seal of the state. A subpoena issued under this section sha…
N.Y. Correction Law § 265 Penalty for failure of witness to appear
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§ 265. Penalty for failure of witness to appear. A person subpoenaed who fails to appear, refuses to answer, or produce a book, paper or writing as provided in this article, shall upon conviction be adjudged guilty of a criminal contempt. And in addition thereto a person so subp…
N.Y. Correction Law § 266 Disbursements
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§ 266. Disbursements. Any disbursements necessary to be made for any of the purposes mentioned in this article shall be paid from the treasury upon the approval of the governor's secretary, on the audit and warrant of the comptroller, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherw…
N.Y. Correction Law § 270 Definitions
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§ 270. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: 1. "Commission" means the local conditional release commission. 2. "County" means each county in the state, except a county within the city of New York. 3. "County executive" means the …
N.Y. Correction Law § 271 Local conditional release commission; organization
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§ 271. Local conditional release commission; organization. 1. Every county, and the city of New York, may adopt a local law establishing a local conditional release commission. Such commission shall be appointed by the county executive, upon the advice and consent of the county …
N.Y. Correction Law § 272 Local conditional release commission; function, powers and duties
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§ 272. Local conditional release commission; function, powers and duties. The commission shall: 1. have the power and duty of determining which persons sentenced within the county, or the city of New York, and serving a definite sentence of imprisonment and eligible for conditio…
N.Y. Correction Law § 273 Conditional release; procedures for application and determinations
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§ 273. Conditional release; procedures for application and determinations. 1. Any incarcerated individual who is eligible for conditional release by a commission pursuant to subdivision two of section 70.40 of the penal law and who has served a minimum period of sixty days in a …
N.Y. Correction Law § 274 Conditional release; procedures for violation, delinquency, warrants and revocation
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§ 274. Conditional release; procedures for violation, delinquency, warrants and revocation. 1. If at any time during the period of conditional release, the commission, or any member thereof, has reasonable cause to believe that a person who has been conditionally released has la…
N.Y. Correction Law § 275 Transfer of custody and supervision of conditional releasee
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§ 275. Transfer of custody and supervision of conditional releasee. 1. If a person who has been granted conditional release pursuant to this article resides or desires to reside in a place other than the one located within the jurisdiction of the commission which has legal custo…
N.Y. Correction Law § 276 Regulations and report
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§ 276. Regulations and report. The division shall promulgate regulations in conformance with the provisions of this article which ensure that local conditional release commissions operate in accordance with the requirements provided in this article. The division shall report ann…
N.Y. Correction Law § 29 Department statistics
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§ 29. Department statistics. 1. The department shall continue to collect, maintain, and analyze statistical and other information and data with respect to persons subject to the jurisdiction of the department, including but not limited to: (a) the number of such persons: placed …
N.Y. Correction Law § 320 Who may apply for appointment of committee
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§ 320. Who may apply for appointment of committee. When ever any person has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment in this state for life, the husband, wife, relatives or next of kin or any creditor of such person may apply to the supreme court, at a special term thereof i…
N.Y. Correction Law § 321 Application for appointment of committee
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§ 321. Application for appointment of committee. Such application shall be made upon personal notice of not less than twenty days to such convicted person and to the district attorney of the county where the conviction was had, and upon notice to such other persons as would be e…
N.Y. Correction Law § 322 Payment of debts and application of property
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§ 322. Payment of debts and application of property. The court shall direct the payment of the debts of such convicted person from said property, and may also in its discretion direct the application of the income, and if need be, of the principal of such property, to the suppor…
N.Y. Correction Law § 323 Sale of property
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§ 323. Sale of property. The court in the judicial district in which a person is sentenced to life imprisonment may empower, authorize and direct a committee of such person to sell any of the real or personal property of such person, and to do whatever may be deemed necessary in…
N.Y. Correction Law § 324 Report of committee; compensation
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§ 324. Report of committee; compensation. The committee so appointed shall annually render an account to the court of his management and of his receipts and disbursements, and transmit a copy thereof to the person so convicted. The court may grant such compensation to the commit…
N.Y. Correction Law § 325 Proceedings on pardon or commutation of sentence
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§ 325. Proceedings on pardon or commutation of sentence. Should said convicted person be pardoned, or his sentence be commuted, the court shall direct the committee to transfer to him, after his discharge from prison, all of said property remaining in his hands not lawfully appl…
N.Y. Correction Law § 350 When and to what court application to be made
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§ 350. When and to what court application to be made. Where a person is imprisoned in a state prison, for a term less than for life or in a penitentiary or county jail, for a criminal offense, for a longer term than one year; one or more trustees, to take charge of his property,…
N.Y. Correction Law § 351 Who may apply
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§ 351. Who may apply. A petition for such an appointment may be presented by either of the following persons: 1. A creditor of the prisoner. 2. The prisoner's husband, wife, or child. 3. One or more of his next of kin, or, where he owns real property, of his heirs presumptive. 4…
N.Y. Correction Law § 352 Creditor must relinquish security
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§ 352. Creditor must relinquish security. A creditor of the prisoner, who has a judgment, mortgage, or other security, specified in section fifty-nine of the debtor and creditor law, can not apply for such an appointment, with respect to the debt so secured, unless he appends to…
N.Y. Correction Law § 353 Contents of petition
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§ 353. Contents of petition. The petition must be in writing, and verified by the affidavit of the petitioner, to the effect, that the matters of fact therein stated are true, to the best of the petitioner's knowledge and belief. It must set forth the facts, showing that the app…
N.Y. Correction Law § 354 Copy of sentence and affidavit to be presented
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§ 354. Copy of sentence and affidavit to be presented. The petition must be accompanied with a copy of the sentence of conviction of the prisoner, duly certified by the clerk of the court by which he was sentenced, under the seal thereof; together with an affidavit of the applic…