N.Y. COR Law § 121
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Private ownership or operation of correctional facilities
Official statutory text
§ 121. Private ownership or operation of correctional facilities.\nExcept as otherwise provided in subdivisions two, three and four of\nsection one hundred twenty of this article or in federal law, the\nprivate operation or management of a correctional facility as defined in\nsubdivision four of section two of this chapter or a local correctional\nfacility, as defined in subdivision sixteen of section two of this\nchapter, the private ownership or operation of a facility for housing\nstate or local incarcerated individuals or the private ownership or\noperation of a facility for the incarceration of other state's\nincarcerated individuals is prohibited.\n
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