Section 87. Definitions

As used in this article, the following terms shall
  have the following meanings:
    1.  "Alternate  correctional  facility"  shall  mean  a   correctional
  facility  designed  to  house  medium  security  inmates  as  defined by
  department rules and regulations, which is owned  by  the  city  of  New
  York,  operated  by the department pursuant to the rules and regulations
  promulgated by the commissioner and in  accordance  with  the  operation
  agreement  as  defined in subdivision five of this section, and used for
  the confinement of eligible inmates, as defined by subdivision  four  of
  this section.
    2. "Panel" shall mean the alternate correctional facility review panel
  established pursuant to section eighty-nine-e of this article.
    3.  "Construction  agreement"  shall  mean  an  agreement entered into
  pursuant to section eighty-eight of this article by the commissioner and
  the city of New York which governs the  construction  of  two  alternate
  correctional facilities of approximately seven hundred beds each, one at
  Ogdensburg and one at Cape Vincent, New York.
    4.  "Eligible  inmates"  shall  mean  male  inmates of a New York city
  correctional facility who are at least nineteen years of  age,  who  are
  serving  a  definite, but not an intermittent, sentence of imprisonment,
  and who do not have criminal charges pending against them.
    5. "Operation agreement" shall mean an agreement entered into pursuant
  to section eighty-eight of this article by the commissioner and the city
  of New York which  governs  the  operation  of  one  or  both  alternate
  correctional facilities and addresses all related issues, including, but
  not   limited  to,  general  staffing  levels  and  nature  of  staffing
  positions; composition of medical staff; availability of outside medical
  services;  procedures  and  criteria  for  selecting  eligible  inmates;
  availability  and frequency of transportation of inmates and visitors of
  inmates  to  such  facility;  availability,  content  and  frequency  of
  programming  for  inmates;  mechanisms  to establish, monitor and review
  operating and capital expenditures; and  legal  representation  of  both
  inmates and employees of such facilities.