N.Y. Correction Law § 101: Short title; purpose

§ 101. Short title; purpose. This article shall be known and may be

cited as the "interstate corrections compact". The party states,

desiring common action to fully utilize and improve their institutional

facilities and provide adequate programs for the confinement, treatment

and rehabilitation of various types of offenders, declare that it is the

policy of each of the party states to provide such facilities and

programs on a basis of cooperation with one another, thereby serving the

best interests of such offenders and of society and effecting economies

in capital expenditures and operational costs. The purpose of this

compact is to provide for the mutual development and execution of such

programs of cooperation for the confinement, treatment and

rehabilitation of offenders with the most economical use of human and

material resources.