N.Y. Correction Law § 614: Care and support of civil prisoner

§ 614. Care and support of civil prisoner. A person arrested, by

virtue of an order of arrest, in an action or special proceeding brought

in a court of record; or of an execution issued upon a judgment rendered

in a court of record; or surrendered in exoneration of his bail; must be

safely kept in custody, in the manner prescribed by law, and, except as

herein otherwise provided, at his own expense, until he satisfies the

judgment rendered against him, or is discharged according to law. In any

county, if a prisoner, actually confined in jail, makes oath before the

sheriff, jailer, or deputy-jailer, that he is unable to support himself

during his imprisonment, his support is a county charge.