Laws of New York (Last Updated: November 21, 2014) |
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Article 26. TEMPORARY RELEASE PROGRAMS FOR STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS |
Section 851*2. Definitions
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As used in this article the following terms have the following meanings: 1. "Institution" means any institution under the jurisdiction of the state department of correction. 2. "Eligible inmate" means a person confined in an institution where a work release program has been established who is eligible for release on parole or who will become eligible for release on parole within one year. 3. "Work release program" means a program under which eligible inmates may be granted the privilege of leaving the premises of an institution for the purpose of education, on-the-job training or employment. 4. "Extended bounds of confinement" means the area in which an inmate participating in a work release program may travel, the routes he is permitted to use, the places he is authorized to visit, and the hours, not exceeding fourteen hours in any day, he is permitted to be absent from the premises of the institution. 5. "Work release committee" means the body of persons, which may include members of the public, appointed pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner of correction for the purpose of formulating, modifying and revoking work release programs at an institution. 6. "Warden" means the person in charge of an institution, by whatever title he may be known. * NB Effective only upon the expiration of §42 of ch. 60/1994, §10 of ch. 339/1972 and §3 of ch. 554/1986