N.Y. Correction Law § 500-p: Prohibition on the custody of youth in Rikers Island facilities

§ 500-p. Prohibition on the custody of youth in Rikers Island

facilities. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no youth under

the age of eighteen shall be placed or held in Rikers Island

correctional facility or any facility located on Rikers Island located

in the city of New York on or after April first, two thousand eighteen,

to the extent practicable, but in no event after October first, two

thousand eighteen and such youth shall be taken to and lodged in places

certified by the office of children and family services in conjunction

with the commission of correction and operated by the New York city

administration for children's services in conjunction with the New York

city department of corrections as a specialized juvenile detention

facility for that purpose.