Title COR, Correction

§ 857. Complaint and abuse review. Any person may submit to the\ncommission of correction any complaint he or she may have concerning\nprogrammatic abuses. The commission of correction shall evaluate such\ncomplaints and, where indicated, conduct any needed investigation. If\nth…

§ 858. Application of labor laws. The laws of the state and its\npolitical subdivisions with respect to employment conditions shall apply\nto incarcerated individuals participating in work release programs.\n

§ 859. When employment prohibited. No employment under a work release\nprogram may be approved or continued if (a) such employment results in\nthe displacement of employed workers, or is applied in skills, crafts or\ntrades in which there is a surplus of available labor in the l…

§ 86. Purpose of alternate correctional facilities. The purpose of\nthis article is to provide an extraordinary method for relieving\nexisting emergency space pressures in New York city local correctional\nfacilities.\n

§ 860. Disposition of earnings. The earnings of an incarcerated\nindividual participating in a work release program, less any payroll\ndeductions required or authorized by law, shall be turned over to the\nwarden who shall deposit such receipts as incarcerated individuals'\nfund…

§ 861. Incarcerated individual not agent of state. An incarcerated\nindividual participating in a work release program shall not, merely by\nreason of such participation, be deemed an agent, employee or servant of\nthe state while outside the premises of an institution pursuant …

§ 865. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms mean:\n 1. "Eligible incarcerated individual" means a person sentenced to an\nindeterminate term of imprisonment who will become eligible for release\non parole within three years or sentenced to a determinate term…

§ 866. Establishment of shock incarceration program. 1. The\ncommissioner, guided by consideration for the safety of the community\nand the welfare of the incarcerated individual, shall promulgate rules\nand regulations for the shock incarceration program. Such rules and\nregula…

§ 867. Procedure for selection of participants in shock incarceration\nprogram. 1. An eligible incarcerated individual may make an application\nto the shock incarceration screening committee for permission to\nparticipate in the shock incarceration program.\n 2. If the shock inc…

§ 87. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Alternate correctional facility" shall mean a correctional\nfacility designed to house medium security incarcerated individuals as\ndefined by department rules and regulatio…

§ 870. Establishment of program. The sheriff, upon approval of the\nlegislative body of the county, may establish a work release program\npursuant to which prisoners, sentenced to and confined in any county\njail under his jurisdiction, may be granted the privilege of leaving\nc…

§ 871. Procedures. (a) Any prisoner sentenced to and confined in any\njail for which the sheriff has established a work release program may\napply to the sheriff for permission to participate in such program.\nPursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the sheriff and\napp…

§ 872. Disposition of earnings. (a) The wages or salary of a prisoner\nparticipating in the work release program, less payroll deductions\nrequired by law, shall be deposited with the sheriff in a trust fund\naccount, which fund shall not be subject to garnishment or attachment.…

§ 873. Separate housing. The sheriff may designate separate\nfacilities within the jail for the quartering of prisoners participating\nin the work release program.\n

§ 874. When employment prohibited. (a) No employment under the work\nrelease program for any prisoner shall be approved if:\n (1) it is ascertained by the sheriff that such employment will result\nin the displacement of employed workers, or be applied in skills, crafts\nor trade…

§ 876. Eligibility for reduction of sentence, parole or conditional\nrelease. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prejudice the\neligibility of any prisoner participating in a work release program for\nthe purposes of discretionary reduction of sentence, parole or\ncon…

§ 877. Prisoner not an agent of county. No prisoner participating in\na work release program shall be deemed an agent, employee or involuntary\nservant of the county while released from the jail of confinement\npursuant to the terms of any work release plan; provided, however, t…

§ 878. Annual report. The sheriff shall annually prepare a report of\nthe work release program which shall be transmitted to the legislature\non or before the first day of March in each year. Such annual report\nshall include a summary of the operations and activities of the pro…

§ 879. Application of article. This article shall not apply to any\nsheriff in the city of New York or to the commissioner of correction in\nthe city of New York.\n

§ 88. Authorization for alternate correctional facilities. 1. As\nhereinafter provided in this article, the department is authorized and\nempowered to establish, operate and maintain under its jurisdiction no\nmore than two alternate correctional facilities.\n 2. In carrying out…

§ 88-a. Authorization for the city of New York to acquire and utilize\nalternate correctional facilities. As set forth in this article, the\ncity of New York, acting by and through its mayor, is authorized and\nempowered:\n 1. To enter into a construction agreement as defined in…

§ 89. Establishment of alternate correctional facilities. An alternate\ncorrectional facility shall be deemed to have been established when the\ncommissioner has filed with the secretary of state a designation of such\nfacility which sets forth, at a minimum, the name and locati…

§ 89-a. 1. Management of alternate correctional facilities.\nSuperintendence, management and control of alternate correctional\nfacilities and the eligible incarcerated individuals housed therein\nshall be as directed by the commissioner consistent with the following:\nan altern…

§ 89-b. Good behavior time allowances against definite sentences\nserved in alternate correctional facilities. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, the commissioner shall be authorized to grant,\nwithhold, cause to be forfeited, or cancel time allowances as provided\nin …

§ 89-c. Use of alternate correctional facilities. 1. Alternate\ncorrectional facilities shall serve only to supplement local\ncorrectional facilities within the city of New York. In considering\nwhether to assign an eligible incarcerated individual to an alternate\ncorrectional …

§ 89-d. Transportation. The state of New York shall have no\nresponsibility, financial or otherwise, for transporting incarcerated\nindividuals between a New York city local correctional facility and an\nalternate correctional facility, regardless of the reason for such\ntransfe…

§ 89-e. Alternate correctional facility review panel. 1. The alternate\ncorrectional facility review panel is hereby established and shall\nconsist of the commissioner, the chairman of the state commission of\ncorrection, the chairman of the board of parole, the director of the\…

§ 89-f. Oversight. The state commission of correction shall exercise\nthe same powers and duties concerning each alternate correctional\nfacility as the commission is required to exercise concerning a New York\nstate correctional facility. The commission shall prepare an annual\…

§ 89-g. Costs for establishing, operating and maintaining alternate\ncorrectional facilities. 1. When the city of New York has entered into\nthe agreements as set forth in section eighty-eight of this article, it\nshall be obligated, to pay, in accordance with such agreements an…

§ 89-h. Alternate correctional facilities operating fund. 1. There is\nhereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance a special revenue fund to be known\nas the alternate correctional facilities operating fund.\n 2.…

§ 89-i. Local taxes. Alternate correctional facilities shall be exempt\nfrom all local property taxes while fee title to such facilities is\nvested in the city of New York.\n

§ 89-j. Title to facilities. Upon payment by the city of New York of\nthe costs of acquisition and construction, the state of New York shall\ntransfer title in fee simple absolute to the city of New York without\nadditional consideration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as long a…

§ 89-k. Termination of operation agreement. At the termination of the\noperation agreement as to either or both alternate correctional\nfacilities, the department shall have an exclusive option to purchase,\nfrom the city of New York, the facility or facilities for which the\nop…

§ 89-l. Indemnification. The city of New York shall indemnify and hold\nharmless the state of New York in any action or proceeding arising out\nof the construction, maintenance or operation of an alternate\ncorrectional facility which is constructed, maintained or operated in\na…

§ 9. Access to information of incarcerated individuals via the\ninternet. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any\ninformation relating to the conviction of a person that is posted on a\nwebsite maintained by or for the department, under article six of the\npub…

§ 90. Purposes of article. The purposes of the provisions of this\narticle are:\n 1. To provide correctional programs for persons who receive sentences\nof imprisonment with terms of one year or less and who otherwise would\nbe confined in institutions in counties that do not ha…

* § 91. Agreements for custody of definite sentence incarcerated\nindividuals. 1. The commissioner may enter into an agreement with any\ncounty or with the city of New York to provide for custody by the\ndepartment of persons who receive definite sentences of imprisonment\nwith …

* § 92. Effect of agreement for custody of definite sentence\nincarcerated individuals. 1. After a copy of an agreement made under\nsection ninety-one of this article is filed with the secretary of state,\nall commitments under sentences covered by the agreement by courts in\nth…

§ 93. Temporary custody of sentenced incarcerated individuals in\nemergencies. 1. Whenever a state of emergency shall be declared by the\nchief executive officer of a local government pursuant to section two\nhundred nine-m of the general municipal law, the chief executive offic…

§ 94. Use of local government institutions for residential treatment\nof persons under the custody of the state department of corrections and\ncommunity supervision. 1. The state commissioner of corrections and\ncommunity supervision is hereby authorized to transfer any incarcer…

§ 95. Use of local government institutions for confinement of persons\nunder custody with or awaiting transfer to the department. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner is hereby\nauthorized to contract with any county or the city of New York for the\nu…