N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 7500.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 25, June 18, 2024

Section 7500.1 - Legal authority

(a) Article XVII, section 5, of the New York State Constitution provides that there shall be a State Commission of Correction which shall visit and inspect all institutions used for the detention of sane adults charged with or convicted of crime.

(b) Article 3, sections 45 and 46, New York State Correction Law defines the following as functions of the State Commission of Correction:

(1) Promulgate rules and regulations establishing minimum standards for the care, custody, correctional treatment, supervision, discipline and other correctional programs for all persons confined in local correctional institutions. (Note: As used in this statute, the term local correctional institution means any county penitentiary, county jail, city jail, court detention pen, hospital prison ward, or town, village or county lockup.)

(2) Aid in securing humane and economic administration and best sanitary conditions of the institutions subject to inspection.

(3) Investigate their management and conduct of their officials.

(4) Approve or reject plans for construction or renovation.

(5) Collect statistical information with respect to the inmates.

(6) Close any of the facilities subject to inspection which are unsafe, unsanitary or inadequate to provide for the separation and classification of prisoners as required by law or which has not adhered to or complied with the rules or regulations promulgated by the commission.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 7500.1

Renumbered from subtitle AA of chapter IV New York State Register April 11, 2018/Volume XL, Issue 15, eff. 4/11/2018