N.Y. Correction Law § 196: Violations of institutional labor regulations

§ 196. Violations of institutional labor regulations. Any contract

made by the commissioner of correction or warden of any prison, or by

any officer or any other authority whatsoever, of any prison,

reformatory, penitentiary or other correctional institution of this

state, in violation of, or contrary to, the provisions of this article,

shall be null and void. It shall be the duty of any such officer or

authorities to furnish to the attorney-general, upon demand therefor, a

true copy, if in writing, and if not, in substance, of any contract made

by such officer or authorities, relating in any way to the system of

labor adopted, or to the employment of prisoners in any of said prisons,

reformatories, penitentiaries or other correctional institutions.

Whenever the attorney-general shall be satisfied that any contract made

as aforesaid is contrary to or in violation of this article, or that any

of the officers or authorities aforesaid have entered into or are

engaged in any contract or arrangement for the labor of prisoners, or

relating to the system adopted or continued in said institutions, which

contract or arrangement is contrary to or in violation of law as

aforesaid, if he shall be of the opinion that the facts require such

action, he is hereby authorized to bring an action in the supreme court

in the name of the people of the state of New York, in any county which

he may select, for the purpose of testing the validity of any contract

or arrangement made by any of the officers herein named, relating in any

way to the system of labor adopted, or the employment of prisoners in

any of said prisons, reformatories, penitentiaries or other correctional

institutions, or to determine the validity of any act or thing done by

any officer herein mentioned, which act or thing shall be alleged to

have been in violation of this article. Any party to such contract,

agreement or arrangement as aforesaid, or interested in the

determination of such action, shall be made defendant, and pending the

trial or hearing of the facts alleged, or of any issue made as

aforesaid, the court shall, upon notice of the attorney-general, and

upon a petition duly verified showing the making of any contract or

arrangement in violation of the provisions of this article, or the doing

of any act or thing by any of the parties defendant, in violation of

this article, grant an injunction order, restraining the parties named

in said order from the further prosecution of the business complained

of, or from the further performance of the contract or arrangement

claimed to have been entered into as aforesaid, and to restrain and

enjoin such officer from the further continuance of any act alleged to

be in violation of this article. And any disobedience of such injunction

order shall be punishable as provided by article nineteen of the

judiciary law. And upon any trial had, judgment shall follow the

findings of fact made by the court or jury, as in other cases, and with

costs, in the discretion of the court.