Title COR, Correction

§ 355. Proceedings upon presentation of the papers. Upon the\npresentation of the papers, the court may, in its discretion, make an\norder, either appointing one or more fit persons trustees of the\nproperty of the prisoner; or requiring all creditors of the prisoner,\nand all p…

§ 356. Proceedings on return of order to show cause. Upon the return\nof an order to show cause, made as prescribed in the last section, proof\nof the service thereof, as required thereby, must first be made;\nwhereupon the court must hear the allegations and proofs of the\ncred…

§ 357. Effect of order appointing trustee. The entry of the order,\nappointing one or more trustees, and the filing of the papers upon which\nit was granted, vests in the trustee or trustees all the right, title\nand interest of the prisoner, in and to any property, real or pers…

§ 358. Removal of trustee; appointment of new trustee. Upon the\napplication of any person, entitled to apply for an order, appointing\ntrustees of the prisoner's property, and upon such a notice as the court\nprescribes, to the petitioner, and to such other persons interested, …

§ 359. Prisoner's property; how applied. After deducting their\ncommissions and expenses, allowed by law, and paying the prisoner's\ndebts, the trustees may, from time to time, under the direction of the\ncourt by which they were appointed, apply the surplus of any money in\nthe…

§ 360. Prisoner's property to be delivered to him on his discharge.\nWhen the prisoner dies, or is lawfully discharged from imprisonment, the\ntrustee or trustees must deliver over to him, or to his legal\nrepresentatives, all his property, remaining in their hands, after\ndeduc…

§ 361. Application of this article to persons heretofore sentenced.\nThis article applies to a prisoner who has been sentenced before this\nchapter takes effect, and to his property; except where one or more\ntrustees of his property have been theretofore appointed, by proceedin…

§ 40. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms have\nthe following meanings:\n 1. "Commission" means the state commission of correction.\n 2. "Local correctional facility" means any jail, penitentiary, state,\ncounty or municipal lockup, court detention pen, hosp…

§ 400. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms:\n (1) "Examining physician" means a physician licensed to practice\nmedicine in the state of New York, but who is not on the staff of the\nfacility where the incarcerated individual is confined.\n (2) "Hospital" me…

§ 401. Establishment of programs inside correctional facilities. 1.\nThe commissioner, in cooperation with the commissioner of mental health,\nshall establish programs, including but not limited to residential\nmental health treatment units, in such correctional facilities as he…

§ 401-a. Oversight responsibilities of the justice center for the\nprotection of people with special needs. 1. The justice center for the\nprotection of people with special needs shall be responsible for\nmonitoring the quality of mental health care provided to incarcerated\nind…

§ 402. Commitment of incarcerated individuals with a mental illness.\n1. Whenever the physician of any correctional facility, any county\npenitentiary, county jail or workhouse, any reformatory for women, or of\nany other correctional institution, shall report in writing to the\…

§ 403. Department or superintendent to provide certain records. The\ndepartment or superintendent shall furnish to the department of mental\nhygiene a copy of the health and psychiatric records and a sentence\ncalculation for each incarcerated individual placed in a hospital. Th…

§ 404. Disposition of mentally ill incarcerated individuals upon\nrelease to parole, conditional release, or expiration of sentence. 1.\nWhenever an incarcerated individual committed to a hospital in the\ndepartment of mental hygiene or whenever an incarcerated individual is\nex…

§ 405. Duty of the department to the director of a hospital. The\ndepartment shall notify the director of a hospital in advance of\nhearings to be held at such hospital as may be necessary to carry out\nthe duties of the board of parole or the department. The department\nshall a…

§ 41. State commission of correction; organization. 1. (a) There shall\nbe within the executive department a state commission of correction. It\nshall consist of five persons, to be appointed by the governor by and\nwith the consent of the senate.\n (b) At a minimum, one member …

§ 42. Citizen's policy and complaint review council; organization;\nfunctions, powers and duties. (a) 1. There shall be within the\ncommission a citizen's policy and complaint review council. It shall\nconsist of nine persons, six of whom shall be appointed by the governor,\nby …

§ 43. Correction medical review board; organization. 1. There shall\nbe within the commission a correction medical review board. It shall\nconsist of six persons to be appointed by the governor by and with the\nadvice and consent of the senate. In addition, the part-time commiss…

§ 44. Chair of commission. 1. The chair shall be the executive officer\nof the commission, the board and the council, and may serve as the chair\nof the board or council at any time necessitated by a commission member\nvacancy.\n 2. The chair may appoint such assistants, officer…

§ 45. Functions, powers and duties of the commission. The commission\nshall have the following functions, powers and duties:\n 1. Advise and assist the governor in developing policies, plans and\nprograms for improving the administration of correctional facilities and\nthe deliv…

§ 46. Additional functions, powers and duties of the commission. 1.\nThe commission, any member or any employee designated by the commission\nmust be granted access at any and all times to any correctional facility\nor part thereof and to all books, records, medical and substanc…

§ 47. Functions, powers and duties of the board. 1. The board shall\nhave the following functions, powers and duties:\n (a) Investigate and review the cause and circumstances surrounding the\ndeath of any incarcerated individual of a correctional facility.\n (b) Visit and inspec…

§ 48. Preference. Any action or proceeding commenced by the commission\npursuant to this article shall have a preference over all other cases,\nexcept habeas corpus proceedings, pending before the court.\n

§ 49. Commission on prison education. There is hereby established a\ncommission on prison education comprised of nine members who shall study\nand develop a plan for improving education in the state prison system.\nThe commission on prison education shall consider and investigat…

§ 5. Department of corrections and community supervision;\ncommissioner. 1. There shall be in the state government a department of\ncorrections and community supervision. The head of the department shall\nbe the commissioner of corrections and community supervision, who shall\nb…

§ 500. Application of article. The provisions of this article shall\napply to all local correctional facilities as defined by subdivision\nsixteen of section two of this chapter.\n

§ 500-a. Use of jails. 1. Each county jail shall be used:\n (a) For the detention of persons duly committed to secure their\nattendance as witnesses in any criminal case;\n (b) For the detention of persons charged with crime, and committed for\ntrial or examination;\n (c) For th…

* § 500-b. Housing of prisoners and other persons in custody. 1. As\nused in this section, the term "chief administrative officer" shall mean\nthe person responsible pursuant to section five hundred-c of this\narticle for receiving and safely keeping persons committed to a count…

* § 500-c. Custody and control of prisoners. 1. Except as provided in\nsubdivision two of this section, the sheriff of each county shall have\ncustody of the county jail of such county.\n 2. In the counties within the city of New York, the city commissioner\nof correction shall …

§ 500-d. Food and labor. (1) Prisoners detained for trial, and those\nunder sentence, shall be provided with a sufficient quantity of plain\nbut wholesome food, at the expense of the county; such foods shall be\npurchased in the manner and subject to the regulations provided in\…

§ 500-e. Reading matter; divine service. Each keeper shall provide a\nbible to be kept in each room of the jail in his charge, and he shall\npermit the persons therein confined to be supplied with other suitable\nand proper books and papers, and if practicable, he shall cause di…

§ 500-f. Record of commitments and discharges. Each keeper shall keep\na daily record, to be provided at the expense of the county, of the\ncommitments and discharges of all prisoners delivered to his charge,\nwhich shall contain the date of entrance, name, offense, term of\nsen…

* § 500-g. Commitment by United States courts. The chief\nadministrative officer shall receive and keep in his jail every person\nduly committed thereto, for any offense against the United States, by\nany court or officer of the United States, until he shall be duly\ndischarged,…

§ 500-h. Payment of costs for medical and dental services. 1.\nDiagnoses, tests, studies or analyses for the diagnosis of a disease or\ndisability, and care and treatment by a hospital, as defined in article\ntwenty-eight of the public health law, or by a physician, or by a\nden…

§ 500-i. County workhouses. The board of supervisors of any county\nmay establish and maintain a workhouse for the confinement of persons\nconvicted within the county of crimes and criminal offenses, the\npunishment for which is imprisonment in the county jail, and may provide\n…

§ 500-j. Who may visit local correctional facilities. The following\npersons may visit at pleasure all local correctional facilities: The\ngovernor and lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, comptroller and\nattorney-general, members of the legislature, judges of the court of\…

§ 500-k. Treatment of incarcerated individuals. 1. Subdivisions five\nand six of section one hundred thirty-seven of this chapter, except\nparagraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision six of such section, relating to\nthe treatment of incarcerated individuals in state correctional\nfac…

§ 500-l. Release on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays. When the date of\nrelease from imprisonment in any county jail or jail farm, any city\nprison or workhouse, falls on Saturday or Sunday, it shall be deemed to\nfall on the preceding Friday. When the date of such release falls …

§ 500-m. Special provision relating to city of New York. Unless\nspecifically provided by law to the contrary, within the city of New\nYork or the counties constituting such city the term sheriff as set\nforth in this chapter shall be deemed to mean the commissioner of\ncorrecti…

* § 500-n. Prisoners; unlawful fees prohibited. 1. Except as otherwise\nprovided by law, a sheriff or other person in charge of a correctional\nfacility or any person employed at such facility shall not charge a\nprisoner or other person in custody with any sum of money, or dema…

* § 500-o. Agreements for custody of incarcerated individuals from\nother states. 1. The sheriff, warden, superintendent, local commissioner\nof correction or other person in charge of a local correctional facility\nmay enter into an agreement with a correctional institution loc…

§ 500-p. Prohibition on the custody of youth in Rikers Island\nfacilities. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no youth under\nthe age of eighteen shall be placed or held in Rikers Island\ncorrectional facility or any facility located on Rikers Island located\nin the cit…

§ 500-q. Disclosure of video footage related to the death of\nincarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers\nemployed at a local correctional facility. 1. Definition. As used in\nthis section, "video footage" shall include, but not be limited to,\nreco…

§ 501. Jail physician. 1. The board of supervisors of each county,\nexcept New York, must appoint some reputable physician, duly authorized\nto practice medicine, as the physician to the jail of the county. If\nthere is more than one jail they must appoint a physician to each. T…

§ 502. Use of liquor in jails. Spirituous, fermented or other liquor\nshall not be brought into a jail for the use of a person confined\ntherein, except as authorized by federal statute and then only upon a\nwritten permit by the physician to the jail, which must be delivered to…

§ 503. Permit to bring liquor into jail. A permit by a jail physician\nas specified in the last section shall not be granted, unless the\nphysician is satisfied, that the liquor allowed to be furnished is\nnecessary for the health of the civil prisoner, for whose use it is\nperm…

§ 504. Designation of substitute jail. 1. (a) If there is no jail in a\ncounty, or the jail becomes unfit or unsafe for the confinement of some\nor all of the incarcerated individuals, civil or criminal, or is\ndestroyed by fire or otherwise, or if a pestilential disease breaks …

§ 505. Provision of routine medical, dental and mental health services\nand treatment. 1. Where an incarcerated individual who is not yet\neighteen years of age has been committed to the custody of the sheriff\nor other person in charge of a local correctional facility and no\nm…

§ 507. Removal of prisoners in case of fire. If, by reason of a jail,\nor a building near a jail, being on fire, there is reason to apprehend\nthat some or all of the prisoners confined in the jail, may be injured,\nor may escape, the sheriff or keeper of the jail may, in his di…

§ 508. Removal of sick prisoners from jail. 1. A sheriff, in his or\nher discretion, may by written order permit incarcerated individuals\nconfined in a local correctional facility to receive medical diagnosis\nand treatment in outside hospitals, upon the determination that such…