Section 500-N. Prisoners; unlawful fees prohibited  


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  • 1. Except as otherwise
      provided  by  law, a sheriff or other person in charge of a correctional
      facility or any person employed at such  facility  shall  not  charge  a
      prisoner  or other person in custody with any sum of money, or demand or
      receive from him money or any valuable thing  for  any  drink,  food  or
      other  thing  furnished  or  provided for such prisoner or person at any
      correctional facility.
        2. A sheriff or other public officer or employee shall not  demand  or
      receive  from  a  prisoner  or  other  person,  while  in his custody, a
      gratuity or reward, upon any pretense or for any purpose.
        3. A sheriff, or other public officer or employee, shall not demand or
      receive from a prisoner  or  other  person  in  custody,  money  or  any
      valuable  thing  for  rent in a jail or any fee, compensation, or reward
      for the commitment, detaining in custody, release,  or  discharge  of  a
      prisoner, other than the fees expressly allowed therefor by law.
        * NB Repealed September 1, 2011