* § 632. Establishment of a furlough program. The commissioner shall designate, in the rules and regulations of the department; appropriate employees or an appropriate unit of the department, to be responsible for (i) securing education, on-the-job training and employment opportunities for incarcerated individuals who are eligible to participate in a furlough program and (ii) supervising incarcerated individuals during their participation in a furlough program outside the premises of the institution.

Terms Used In N.Y. Correction Law 632

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of correction in a city having a population of one million or more or that official having similar duties in any county which elects to have this article apply thereto, by whatever title he may be known. See N.Y. Correction Law 631
  • Department: means the applicable department of correction or, where no such department exists, the office of the commissioner. See N.Y. Correction Law 631
  • Furlough program: means a program under which eligible incarcerated individuals may be granted the privilege of leaving the premises of a prison for a period not exceeding seventy-two hours for the purpose of seeking employment, maintaining family ties, solving family problems, to undergo surgery or to receive medical treatment or dental treatment not available in the correctional institution, or for any matter necessary to the furtherance of any such purposes. See N.Y. Correction Law 631
  • Institution: means any institution under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of correction in any city having a population of one million or more or of a county which elects to have this article apply thereto. See N.Y. Correction Law 631

* NB Repealed September 1, 2025

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