New York Correction Law

Every section of the New York Correction Law, in order — 341 sections. Source: NY Senate Open Legislation, current through November 4, 2026.

• N.Y. Correct. Law § 355 — Proceedings upon presentation of the papers
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 356 — Proceedings on return of order to show cause
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 357 — Effect of order appointing trustee
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 358 — Removal of trustee; appointment of new trustee
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 359 — Prisoner's property; how applied
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 360 — Prisoner's property to be delivered to him on his discharge
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 361 — Application of this article to persons heretofore sentenced
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 400 — Definitions
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 401 — Establishment of programs inside correctional facilities
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 401-a — Oversight responsibilities of the justice center for the protection of people with special needs
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 402 — Commitment of incarcerated individuals with a mental illness
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 403 — Department or superintendent to provide certain records
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 404 — Disposition of mentally ill incarcerated individuals upon release to parole, conditional release, or expiration of sentence
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 405 — Duty of the department to the director of a hospital
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500 — Application of article
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-a — Use of jails
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-b — Housing of prisoners and other persons in custody
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-c — Custody and control of prisoners
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-d — Food and labor
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-e — Reading matter; divine service
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-f — Record of commitments and discharges
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-g — Commitment by United States courts
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-h — Payment of costs for medical and dental services
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-i — County workhouses
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-j — Who may visit local correctional facilities
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-k — Treatment of incarcerated individuals
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-l — Release on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-m — Special provision relating to city of New York
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-n — Prisoners; unlawful fees prohibited
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-o — Agreements for custody of incarcerated individuals from other states
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-p — Prohibition on the custody of youth in Rikers Island facilities
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-q — Disclosure of video footage related to the death of incarcerated individuals involving correction officers or peace officers employed at ...
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 501 — Jail physician
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 502 — Use of liquor in jails
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 503 — Permit to bring liquor into jail
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 504 — Designation of substitute jail
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 505 — Provision of routine medical, dental and mental health services and treatment
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 507 — Removal of prisoners in case of fire
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 508 — Removal of sick prisoners from jail
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 509 — Absence of incarcerated individual for funeral and deathbed visits
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 510 — Voting upon release
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 514 — Confinement of civil prisoner
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 523 — Revocation of designation of jail
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 524 — Manner and effect of revocation
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 529 — Term of imprisonment of a recaptured prisoner
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 600 — Certain correctional officers to administer oaths
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 600-a — Jail time records and certificates
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 601 — Delivery of commitment with incarcerated individual; payment of fees for transportation
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 601-a — Return of persons erroneously sentenced for the purpose of resentence
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 601-b — Coram nobis prisoners; reimbursement for costs
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 601-c — Felony prisoners; reimbursement for costs
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 601-d — Post-release supervision; certain cases
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 602 — Expenses of sheriff for transporting prisoners
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 603 — Rendering accounts for conveying of prisoners
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 604 — Payment of accounts for transporting prisoners
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 605 — Prisoners sentenced at one session of court to be transported at same time
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 605-a — Transportation of female incarcerated individuals
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 606 — Payment of costs for prosecution of incarcerated individuals
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 607 — Prohibition of double-bunked housing
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 610 — Freedom of worship
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 611 — Births to incarcerated individuals of correctional institutions and care of children of incarcerated individuals of correctional institut...
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 611-a — Commitments to county or regional correctional institutions
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 612 — United States prisoners
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 613 — Conveyance of prisoner after arrest
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 614 — Care and support of civil prisoner
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 618 — Duties of state correctional institutions, penitentiaries, county jails and reformatories
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 619 — Cooperation with authorized agencies of the department of social services
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 620 — Service of papers in civil judicial proceedings upon a prisoner
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 621 — Interstate cooperation with law enforcement officers and agencies of other states and the federal government
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 622 — Sex offender treatment program
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 623 — Incarcerated individual telephone services
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 624 — Next of kin; death of incarcerated individual
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 625 — Menstrual products
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 626 — Medication assisted treatment in correctional facilities
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 627 — Breast cancer screening and diagnostic testing
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 630 — Applicability
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 631 — Definitions
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 632 — Establishment of a furlough program
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 633 — Procedure for furlough release of eligible incarcerated individuals
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 634 — Conduct of incarcerated individuals participating in furlough program
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 650 — Warrant for execution of death sentence
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 651 — Time of execution
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 652 — Delivery of warrant and confinement
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 653 — Transmittal of record to the governor
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 654 — Governor may consult
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 655 — Governor only to reprieve
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 656 — Proceeding when person under sentence of death may be incompetent
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 657 — Proceeding when person under sentence of death is pregnant
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 658 — Death penalty inflicted by lethal injection
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 659 — Facility
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 660 — Persons authorized to be present at execution
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 661 — Examination of convicted person's body and certificate
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 662 — Disposition of body
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 700 — Definitions and rules of construction
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 701 — Certificate of relief from disabilities
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 702 — Certificates of relief from disabilities issued by courts
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 703 — Certificates of relief from disabilities issued by the department of corrections and community supervision
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 703-a — Certificate of good conduct
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 703-b — Issuance of certificate of good conduct
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 704 — Effect of revocation; use of revoked certificate
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 705 — Forms and filing
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 706 — Certificate not to be deemed to be a pardon
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 750 — Definitions
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 751 — Applicability
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 752 — Unfair discrimination against persons previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses prohibited
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 753 — Factors to be considered concerning a previous criminal conviction; presumption
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 754 — Written statement upon denial of license or employment
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 755 — Enforcement
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 800 — Applicability
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 803 — Good behavior allowances against indeterminate and determinate sentences
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 803-a — Certain calculations
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 803-b — Limited credit time allowances for incarcerated individuals serving indeterminate or determinate sentences imposed for specified offenses
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 804 — Good behavior allowances against definite sentences
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 804-a — Good behavior allowances for certain civil commitments
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 805 — Earned eligibility program
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 806 — Presumptive release program for nonviolent incarcerated individuals
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 851 — Definitions
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 852 — Establishment of temporary release
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 853 — Reporting and information
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 854 — Evaluation and recommendation
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 855 — Procedure for temporary release of incarcerated individuals
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 856 — Conduct of incarcerated individuals participating in a temporary release program
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 857 — Complaint and abuse review
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 858 — Application of labor laws
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 859 — When employment prohibited
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 860 — Disposition of earnings
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 861 — Incarcerated individual not agent of state
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 865 — Definitions
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 866 — Establishment of shock incarceration program
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 867 — Procedure for selection of participants in shock incarceration program
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 870 — Establishment of program
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 871 — Procedures
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 872 — Disposition of earnings
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 873 — Separate housing
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 874 — When employment prohibited
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 876 — Eligibility for reduction of sentence, parole or conditional release
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 877 — Prisoner not an agent of county
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 878 — Annual report
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 879 — Application of article
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 1000 — Laws repealed
• N.Y. Correct. Law § 1001 — When to take effect