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N.Y. COR Law § 500-K

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Treatment of incarcerated individuals

Official statutory text

§ 500-k. Treatment of incarcerated individuals. 1. Subdivisions five\nand six of section one hundred thirty-seven of this chapter, except\nparagraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision six of such section, relating to\nthe treatment of incarcerated individuals in state correctional\nfacilities are applicable to incarcerated individuals confined in county\njails; except that the report required by paragraph (f) of subdivision\nsix of such section shall be made to a person designated to receive such\nreport in the rules and regulations of the state commission of\ncorrection, or in any county or city where there is a department of\ncorrection, to the head of such department.\n 2. Notwithstanding any other section of law to the contrary,\nsubdivision thirty-four of section two of this chapter, and\nsubparagraphs (i), (iv) and (v) of paragraph (j) and subparagraph (ii)\nof paragraph (m) of subdivision six of section one hundred thirty-seven\nof this chapter shall not apply to local correctional facilities with a\ntotal combined capacity of five hundred incarcerated individuals or\nfewer.\n

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