Section 18. Superintendents of correctional facilities

1.  Each
  correctional facility shall have a superintendent who shall be appointed
  by the commissioner of correctional services. Each  such  superintendent
  shall   be  in  the  non-competitive-confidential  class  but  shall  be
  appointed from employees of the department who have at least three years
  of experience in correctional work in the department and (i) who have  a
  permanent  civil  service  appointment  of  salary grade twenty-seven or
  higher or who have a salary equivalent to a salary grade of twenty-seven
  or higher for correctional facilities with an inmate population capacity
  of four hundred or more inmates, or (ii)  who  have  a  permanent  civil
  service appointment of salary grade twenty-three or higher or who have a
  salary  equivalent  to  a  salary  grade  of  twenty-three or higher for
  correctional facilities with an inmate population capacity of fewer than
  four hundred inmates;  provided  that  for  correctional  facilities  of
  either  capacity,  the employee shall be appointed superintendent at the
  hiring rate set forth in section nineteen of this article or such  other
  rate  as  may be appropriate, subject to the approval of the director of
  the budget; provided that in no event shall the salary upon  appointment
  exceed  the  job rate.  Such superintendents shall serve at the pleasure
  of the commissioner and shall have such other qualifications as  may  be
  prescribed  by  the  commissioner  of  correctional  services,  based on
  differences in duties, levels of responsibility, size and  character  of
  the correctional facility, knowledge, skills and abilities required, and
  other factors affecting the position.
    2.  Subject  to  the rules and statutory powers of the commissioner of
  correctional services, or rules approved by him, the superintendent of a
  correctional facility shall have the supervision and management thereof.
    3. Subject to  the  direction  of  the  commissioner  of  correctional
  services,  and  of  the  deputy  and  assistant  commissioners  in their
  respective fields of supervision, the superintendent of  a  correctional
  facility shall direct the work and define the duties of all officers and
  subordinates of the facility.