N.Y. Correct. Law § 851

Current through 2024 NY Law Chapters 1-50, 52-55, 57, 61-117

Section 851 - [Effective only upon the expiration of Section 42 of ch. 60/1994, Section 10 of ch. 339/1972 and Section 3 of ch. 554/1986] Definitions

As used in this article the following terms have the following meanings:

1. "Institution" means any institution under the jurisdiction of the state department of corrections and community supervision.

2. "Eligible incarcerated individual" means a person confined in an institution where a work release program has been established who is eligible for release on parole or who will become eligible for release on parole within one year.

3. "Work release program" means a program under which eligible incarcerated individual may be granted the privilege of leaving the premises of an institution for the purpose of education, on-thejob training or employment.

4. "Extended bounds of confinement" means the area in which an incarcerated individual participating in a work release program may travel, the routes he or she is permitted to use, the places he or she is authorized to visit, and the hours, not exceeding fourteen hours in any day, he or she is permitted to be absent from the premises of the institution.

5. "Work release committee" means the body of persons, which may include members of the public, appointed pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner for the purpose of formulating, modifying and revoking work release programs at an institution.

6. "Warden" means the person in charge of an institution, by whatever title he may be known.

N.Y. Correct. Law § 851

Amended by New York Laws 2023, ch. 55,Sec. A-6, eff. 5/3/2023.

Amended by New York Laws 2021 , ch. 322, Sec. 228-d, eff. 8/2/2021.

This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.