Pursuant to Correction Law, section 509, in order to provide inmates incarcerated in local correctional facilities the opportunity to visit family members when death is imminent and/or after death has occurred, at the discretion of the chief administrative officer, inmates shall be permitted to visit the deathbed of and/or attend the funeral of designated family members pursuant to the requirements of this Part.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 7051.1