N.Y. Correction Law § 148: Psychiatric and diagnostic clinics

§ 148. Psychiatric and diagnostic clinics. The commissioner of

corrections and community supervision is hereby authorized and directed

to assist and cooperate with the commissioner of mental health in the

establishment and conduct of such psychiatric and diagnostic clinics in

the institutions and facilities under their jurisdiction as such

commissioners may deem necessary within the amount appropriated

therefor. The persons conducting the work of such clinics shall

determine the physical and mental condition of all incarcerated

individuals serving an indeterminate term, having a minimum of one day

and a maximum of natural life, and of such other incarcerated

individuals whose criminal record, behavior or other factors indicate to

those in charge of such clinics the need of study and treatment. The

work of the clinics shall include scientific study and psychiatric

evaluation of each such incarcerated individual, including his or her

career and life history, investigation of the cause of the crime and

recommendations for the care, training and employment of such

incarcerated individuals with a view to their reformation and to the

protection of society. Each of the different phases of the work of the

clinics shall be so coordinated with all the other phases of clinic work

as to be a part of a unified and comprehensive scheme in the study and

treatment of such incarcerated individuals. After classification in the

clinics the incarcerated individual sentenced to state prison shall be

certified to the warden and recommendation made to the commissioner of

corrections and community supervision as to their disposition.