Statute · New York Correction Law
N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-i — County workhouses
N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-i
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Correction Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 500-i. County workhouses. The board of supervisors of any county may establish and maintain a workhouse for the confinement of persons convicted within the county of crimes and criminal offenses, the punishment for which is imprisonment in the county jail, and may provide for the imprisonment…
Citator
N.Y. Correct. Law § 500-i — County workhouses is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 500-i. County workhouses. The board of supervisors of any county may establish and maintain a workhouse for the confinement of persons convicted within the county of crimes and criminal offenses, the punishment for which is imprisonment in the county jail, and may provide for the imprisonment and employment therein of all persons sentenced thereto, and any court or judicial officer may sentence such person to such workhouse instead of to the county jail.