The purpose of this Part shall be to ensure that incarcerated individuals are confined to individual occupancy housing units, and deprived of essential services, only when necessary, and for the least amount of time necessary, to maintain the safety, security and good order of the facility and, absent exigent circumstances, this period of confinement or deprivation may not risk significantly compromising the health of the individual.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 7075.1