Title COR, Correction

§ 509. Absence of incarcerated individual for funeral and deathbed\nvisits. The sheriff of a local correctional facility or his or her\ndesignee may permit any incarcerated individual confined in his or her\nlocal correctional facility to attend the funeral of his or her father,…

§ 510. Voting upon release. 1. Prior to the release from a local\ncorrectional facility of any person convicted of a felony the chief\nadministrative officer shall notify such person verbally and in writing\nthat his or her voting rights will be restored upon release and provide…

§ 514. Confinement of civil prisoner. A civil prisoner, committed to\njail upon process for contempt, or committed for misconduct in a case\nprescribed by law, must be actually confined and detained within the\njail, until he is discharged by due course of law, or is removed to\…

§ 523. Revocation of designation of jail. When a jail is erected for\nthe county, for whose use the designation pursuant to section five\nhundred and four of this chapter was made, or its jail is rendered fit\nand safe for the confinement of prisoners, or the reason for the\ndes…

§ 524. Manner and effect of revocation. The county clerk must\nimmediately serve a copy of the revocation, duly certified by him under\nhis official seal, upon the sheriff of the same county; who must remove\nthe civil and criminal prisoners belonging to his custody, and confine…

§ 529. Term of imprisonment of a recaptured prisoner. A prisoner\narrested or committed in a civil action or proceeding, who escapes from\ncustody, upon his voluntary return or recapture, shall be imprisoned for\na term equal to that portion of his original term of imprisonment …

§ 600. Certain correctional officers to administer oaths. The\ncommissioner of correction and the deputy and assistant commissioners of\ncorrection may administer oaths and take affidavits in all matters\nrelating to the affairs of the state prisons. The warden, principal\nkeepe…

§ 600-a. Jail time records and certificates. A record shall be kept by\nthe sheriff, or in counties within the city of New York by the\ncommissioner of correction of such city, of all jail time to which the\ndefendant is entitled under subdivision three of section 70.30 of the\n…

§ 601. Delivery of commitment with incarcerated individual; payment of\nfees for transportation. * (a) Whenever an incarcerated individual\nshall be delivered to the superintendent of a state correctional\nfacility pursuant to an indeterminate or determinate sentence, the\noffic…

§ 601-a. Return of persons erroneously sentenced for the purpose of\nresentence. Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the\ndepartment based on facts submitted on behalf of a person sentenced and\nconfined in a state prison, that any such person has been erroneously\ns…

§ 601-b. Coram nobis prisoners; reimbursement for costs. Whenever a\nprisoner is transferred from a state penal institution to a county jail\nor penitentiary, or a city prison operated by a city having a population\nof one million or more inhabitants, to await judicial review of…

§ 601-c. Felony prisoners; reimbursement for costs. Notwithstanding\nany other provision of law, in any case where a person has been\nconvicted of a felony and a sentence has been pronounced which requires\nthat he or she be committed to the custody of the commissioner, if such\…

§ 601-d. Post-release supervision; certain cases. This section shall\napply only to incarcerated individuals in the custody of the\ncommissioner, and releasees under the supervision of the department,\nupon whom a determinate sentence was imposed between September first,\nninete…

§ 602. Expenses of sheriff for transporting prisoners. For conveying\na prisoner or prisoners to a state prison from the county prison, the\nsheriff or person having charge of the same shall be reimbursed for the\namount of expenses actually and necessarily incurred by him for r…

§ 603. Rendering accounts for conveying of prisoners. On the\nconveying of any such prisoners to the warden of such prison and upon\nreturning home, the sheriff or other person having charge of the same,\nshall make and render to the warden of the prison, an account showing\nthe…

§ 604. Payment of accounts for transporting prisoners. The account,\ncertified and attested as provided in the preceding section, shall be\nsubject to audit by the comptroller, and be paid out of the treasury,\nunless otherwise provided.\n

§ 605. Prisoners sentenced at one session of court to be transported\nat same time. All the prisoners who shall be sentenced to imprisonment\nin the same state prison, at one session of a criminal court, shall be\ntransported at the same time, unless said court shall expressly d…

§ 605-a. Transportation of female incarcerated individuals. Whenever\nany female incarcerated individual is conveyed to an institution under\nthe jurisdiction of the state department of corrections and community\nsupervision pursuant to sentence or commitment, such female incarc…

§ 606. Payment of costs for prosecution of incarcerated individuals.\n1. When an incarcerated individual of an institution of the department\nis alleged to have committed an offense while an incarcerated individual\nof such institution, the state shall pay all reasonable costs f…

§ 607. Prohibition of double-bunked housing. 1. For purposes of this\nsection "double-bunked housing" shall mean the practice of incarcerated\nindividual housing where bunk beds are used in a dormitory setting, with\nincarcerated individuals residing in an open space and sleepin…

§ 610. Freedom of worship. 1. All persons who may have been or may\nhereafter be committed to or taken charge of by any of the institutions\nmentioned in this section, are hereby declared to be and entitled to the\nfree exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship,…

§ 611. Births to incarcerated individuals of correctional institutions\nand care of children of incarcerated individuals of correctional\ninstitutions. 1. (a) If a woman confined in any institution or local\ncorrectional facility be pregnant and about to give birth to a child,\n…

§ 611-a. Commitments to county or regional correctional institutions.\n1. Any commitment to a county or regional correctional institution\npursuant to subdivision two of section 70.20 of the penal law shall be\ndeemed a commitment to the county jail, workhouse or penitentiary, o…

§ 612. United States prisoners. 1. A sheriff must receive into his or\nher jail and keep a prisoner, committed to the same, by virtue of civil\nprocess issued by a court of record, instituted under the authority of\nthe United States, until he or she is discharged by the due cou…

§ 613. Conveyance of prisoner after arrest. A sheriff or other\nofficer, who has lawfully arrested a civil prisoner, may convey his\nprisoner through one or more other counties, in the ordinary route of\ntravel, from the place where the prisoner was arrested, to the place\nwhere…

§ 614. Care and support of civil prisoner. A person arrested, by\nvirtue of an order of arrest, in an action or special proceeding brought\nin a court of record; or of an execution issued upon a judgment rendered\nin a court of record; or surrendered in exoneration of his bail; …

§ 618. Duties of state correctional institutions, penitentiaries,\ncounty jails and reformatories. 1. It shall also be the duty of the\ncommissioner to continue to make or have impressions made of the finger\nand thumbprints of all incarcerated individuals in any of the\ninstitu…

§ 619. Cooperation with authorized agencies of the department of\nsocial services. It shall be the duty of an official of any institution\nunder the jurisdiction of the commissioner of corrections and community\nsupervision to cooperate with an authorized agency of the departmen…

§ 620. Service of papers in civil judicial proceedings upon a\nprisoner. An officer to whom a paper in a civil judicial proceeding is\ndelivered, in compliance with the requirements for service of the paper\nupon a prisoner in his custody, shall note thereon the date and time of…

§ 621. Interstate cooperation with law enforcement officers and\nagencies of other states and the federal government. 1. All law\nenforcement officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions,\nincluding the division of criminal justice services, are hereby\nauthorized to…

§ 622. Sex offender treatment program. 1. The department shall make\navailable a sex offender treatment program for those incarcerated\nindividuals who are serving sentences for felony sex offenses, or for\nother offenses defined in subdivision (p) of section 10.03 of the mental…

§ 623. Incarcerated individual telephone services. 1. Telephone\nservices contracts for incarcerated individuals in state correctional\nfacilities shall be subject to the procurement provisions as set forth\nin article eleven of the state finance law provided, however, that when…

§ 624. Next of kin; death of incarcerated individual. 1. (a) The\ndepartment shall promptly notify the next of kin and any other person\ndesignated as the representative of any incarcerated individual whose\ndeath takes place during custody.\n (b) The department shall promptly n…

§ 625. Menstrual products. Menstrual products, including, but not\nlimited to, pads, tampons and panty liners, shall be provided at no cost\nto individuals housed in state and local correctional facilities used\nfor the general confinement of incarcerated individuals and in any …

§ 626. Medication assisted treatment in correctional facilities. 1.\nFor purposes of this section "medication assisted treatment" means\ntreatment of chemical dependence or abuse and concomitant conditions\nwith medications requiring a prescription or order from an authorized\np…

§ 627. Breast cancer screening and diagnostic testing. Breast cancer\nscreening and diagnostic testing shall be offered in accordance with\nnationally recognized clinical practice guidelines for the detection of\nbreast cancer unless otherwise recommended by a physician at no co…

* § 630. Applicability. This article shall be applicable only to\nprisoners sentenced to institutions operated by a department of\ncorrection in cities having a population of one million or more or by a\ncounty which elects to have this article apply thereto.\n * NB Repealed Sep…

* § 631. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Institution" means any institution under the jurisdiction of the\ncommissioner of correction in any city having a population of one\nmillion or more or of a county which e…

* § 632. Establishment of a furlough program. The commissioner shall\ndesignate, in the rules and regulations of the department; appropriate\nemployees or an appropriate unit of the department, to be responsible\nfor (i) securing education, on-the-job training and employment\nop…

* § 633. Procedure for furlough release of eligible incarcerated\nindividuals. 1. A person confined in a city prison or a county jail and\npenitentiaries of a county which elects to have this article apply\nthereto who is, or who within thirty days will become, an eligible\ninca…

* § 634. Conduct of incarcerated individuals participating in furlough\nprogram. 1. An incarcerated individual who is permitted to leave the\npremises of an institution to participate in a furlough program shall\nhave on his or her person a copy of the memorandum of that program…

§ 650. Warrant for execution of death sentence. 1. When a person is\nsentenced to the punishment of death, the justice or judge who presided\nat the sentencing proceeding, or if that justice or judge is unavailable\nfor any reason, then any justice of the supreme court of the de…

§ 651. Time of execution. The week of execution appointed in the\nwarrant shall be not less than thirty days and not more than sixty days\nafter the issuance of the warrant. The date of execution within said\nweek shall be left to the discretion of the commissioner, but the date…

§ 652. Delivery of warrant and confinement. 1. Within ten days after\nthe issuance of a warrant as provided in section six hundred fifty of\nthis article, the sheriff or the commissioner of correction, if within\nthe city of New York or county of Westchester, must deliver the wa…

§ 653. Transmittal of record to the governor. Within a reasonable time\nfollowing the issuance of the warrant as provided in section six hundred\nfifty of this article, the clerk of the court in the county in which the\nperson was sentenced to death shall transmit to the governo…

§ 654. Governor may consult. The governor is authorized to request the\nopinion of the attorney general, the district attorney, and the\nconvicted person's counsel, or any of them, as to whether the execution\nof the person should be reprieved or suspended.\n

§ 655. Governor only to reprieve. No judge, court, or officer, other\nthan the governor, can reprieve the execution of a person sentenced to\ndeath. This section does not apply to a stay authorized by law.\n

§ 656. Proceeding when person under sentence of death may be\nincompetent. 1. The state may not execute an inmate who is incompetent.\nAn inmate is "incompetent" when, as a result of mental disease or\ndefect, he lacks the mental capacity to understand the nature and effect\nof …

§ 657. Proceeding when person under sentence of death is pregnant. 1.\nA sentence of death may not be carried out upon a woman while she is\npregnant.\n 2. When the superintendent of the correctional facility where the\ninmate is confined is informed that reasonable grounds exis…

§ 658. Death penalty inflicted by lethal injection. The punishment of\ndeath shall be inflicted by lethal injection; that is, by the\nintravenous injection of a substance or substances in a lethal quantity\ninto the body of a person convicted until such person is dead.\n