N.Y. Correction Law § 87: Definitions

§ 87. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall

have the following meanings:

1. "Alternate correctional facility" shall mean a correctional

facility designed to house medium security incarcerated individuals as

defined by department rules and regulations, which is owned by the city

of New York, operated by the department pursuant to the rules and

regulations promulgated by the commissioner and in accordance with the

operation agreement as defined in subdivision five of this section, and

used for the confinement of eligible incarcerated individuals, as

defined by subdivision four of this section.

2. "Panel" shall mean the alternate correctional facility review panel

established pursuant to section eighty-nine-e of this article.

3. "Construction agreement" shall mean an agreement entered into

pursuant to section eighty-eight of this article by the commissioner and

the city of New York which governs the construction of two alternate

correctional facilities of approximately seven hundred beds each, one at

Ogdensburg and one at Cape Vincent, New York.

4. "Eligible incarcerated individuals" shall mean incarcerated

individuals of a New York city correctional facility who are at least

nineteen years of age, who are serving a definite, but not an

intermittent, sentence of imprisonment, and who do not have criminal

charges pending against them.

5. "Operation agreement" shall mean an agreement entered into pursuant

to section eighty-eight of this article by the commissioner and the city

of New York which governs the operation of one or both alternate

correctional facilities and addresses all related issues, including, but

not limited to, general staffing levels and nature of staffing

positions; composition of medical staff; availability of outside medical

services; procedures and criteria for selecting eligible incarcerated

individuals; availability and frequency of transportation of

incarcerated individuals and visitors of incarcerated individuals to

such facility; availability, content and frequency of programming for

incarcerated individuals; mechanisms to establish, monitor and review

operating and capital expenditures; and legal representation of both

incarcerated individuals and employees of such facilities.