N.Y. Executive Law § 503-a: Temporary hold over units

§ 503-a. Temporary hold over units. 1. The division may establish

secure temporary hold over units at its facilities for the accommodation

of youth placed with the division pursuant to article three of the

family court act, who are being transported to a division facility or

program, a court appearance or a home visit, where travel arrangements

or the distance to be travelled requires such a holdover. No youth shall

be held in these units in excess of twenty-four hours unless emergency

conditions, including illness of the youth or severe weather, prevent

travel.

2. Temporary hold over units may be established on a regional basis.

Contact between youth who are housed in a hold over unit and residents

of the facility shall be minimal. Youth staying in a temporary hold

over unit shall be under supervision at all times. At least one staff on

duty shall be of the same gender as the youth.

3. The temporary hold over units shall contain individual sleeping

rooms, dining facilities and an area for recreation.

4. Juvenile offenders committed to the custody of the division shall

not be housed in temporary hold over units at any time. Notwithstanding

any other law, the division shall have the authority to house any

adjudicated youth placed with the division pursuant to article three of

the family court act, in a secure temporary hold over unit, subject to

the provisions of this section.