N.Y. Correction Law § 90: Purposes of article

§ 90. Purposes of article. The purposes of the provisions of this

article are:

1. To provide correctional programs for persons who receive sentences

of imprisonment with terms of one year or less and who otherwise would

be confined in institutions in counties that do not have a sufficient

number of incarcerated individuals to justify construction of an

adequate correctional institution or operation of a modern correctional

program;

2. To provide a method of relieving space pressures in correctional

institutions operated by local government; and

3. To expand the use of programs designed to bridge the gap between

incarceration and activities in the community, through the use of

institutions operated by local government as facilities for residential

treatment of persons in the custody of the state department of

corrections and community supervision.