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N.Y. Correction Law § 500-k: Treatment of incarcerated individuals

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  1. Correction Law
  2. Article 20. Local Correctional Facilities

§ 500-k. Treatment of incarcerated individuals. 1. Subdivisions five

and six of section one hundred thirty-seven of this chapter, except

paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision six of such section, relating to

the treatment of incarcerated individuals in state correctional

facilities are applicable to incarcerated individuals confined in county

jails; except that the report required by paragraph (f) of subdivision

six of such section shall be made to a person designated to receive such

report in the rules and regulations of the state commission of

correction, or in any county or city where there is a department of

correction, to the head of such department.

2. Notwithstanding any other section of law to the contrary,

subdivision thirty-four of section two of this chapter, and

subparagraphs (i), (iv) and (v) of paragraph (j) and subparagraph (ii)

of paragraph (m) of subdivision six of section one hundred thirty-seven

of this chapter shall not apply to local correctional facilities with a

total combined capacity of five hundred incarcerated individuals or

fewer.

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