§ 89-f. Oversight. The state commission of correction shall exercise the same powers and duties concerning each alternate correctional facility as the commission is required to exercise concerning a New York state correctional facility. The commission shall prepare an annual report on each alternate correctional facility which shall evaluate and assess the department's compliance with all rules and regulations applicable to that facility and the operation agreement and which shall include an analysis of the frequency and severity of all unusual incidents and assaults occurring in that facility. The annual reports shall be filed with the governor, the mayor of the city of New York, the chairman of the senate crime and correction committee, and the chairman of the assembly committee on correction no later than the first day of June of each year.

Terms Used In N.Y. Correction Law 89-F

  • Alternate correctional facility: shall mean a correctional facility designed to house medium security incarcerated individuals as defined by department rules and regulations, which is owned by the city of New York, operated by the department pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner and in accordance with the operation agreement as defined in subdivision five of this section, and used for the confinement of eligible incarcerated individuals, as defined by subdivision four of this section. See N.Y. Correction Law 87
  • Operation agreement: shall mean an agreement entered into pursuant to section eighty-eight of this article by the commissioner and the city of New York which governs the operation of one or both alternate correctional facilities and addresses all related issues, including, but not limited to, general staffing levels and nature of staffing positions; composition of medical staff; availability of outside medical services; procedures and criteria for selecting eligible incarcerated individuals; availability and frequency of transportation of incarcerated individuals and visitors of incarcerated individuals to such facility; availability, content and frequency of programming for incarcerated individuals; mechanisms to establish, monitor and review operating and capital expenditures; and legal representation of both incarcerated individuals and employees of such facilities. See N.Y. Correction Law 87
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
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