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NY Corr L § 851-1 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) to visit his or her spouse, child, brother, sister, grandchild, parent, grandparent or ancestral aunt or uncle during his or her last illness if death appears to be imminent;

(b) to attend the funeral of such individual;

(c) to undergo surgery or to receive medical or dental treatment not available in the correctional institution only if deemed absolutely necessary to the health and well-being of the inmate and whose approval is granted by the commissioner or his designated representative. 7. "Educational leave" means a privilege granted to an eligible inmate to leave the premises of an institution for a period not exceeding fourteen hours in any day for the purpose of education or vocational training, or for any matter necessary to the furtherance of any such purposes. 8. "Industrial training leave" means a privilege granted to an eligible inmate to leave the premises of an institution for a period not exceeding fourteen hours in any day for the purpose of participating in an industrial training program, or for any matter necessary to the furtherance of any such purpose. 9. "Temporary release program" means a "work release program," a "furlough program," a "community services program," an "industrial training leave," an "educational leave," or a "leave of absence." 10. "Extended bounds of confinement" means the area in which an inmate participating in a temporary release program may travel, the routes he or she is permitted to use, the places he or she is authorized to visit, and the hours, days, or specially defined period during which he or she is permitted to be absent from the premises of the institution. 11. "Temporary release committee" means the body of persons, which may include members of the public, appointed pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner to serve at the pleasure of the commissioner for the purpose of formulating, modifying and revoking temporary release programs at an institution. 12. "Superintendent" means the person in charge of an institution, by whatever title he or she may be known. * NB Effective September 1, 2020 until the expiration of §42 of ch. 60/1994, §10 of ch. 339/1972 and §3 of ch. 554/1986 * § 851. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms have the following meanings: 1. "Institution" means any institution under the jurisdiction of the state department of corrections and community supervision. 2. "Eligible inmate" means a person confined in an institution where a work release program has been established who is eligible for release on parole or who will become eligible for release on parole within one year. 3. "Work release program" means a program under which eligible inmates may be granted the privilege of leaving the premises of an institution for the purpose of education, on-the-job training or employment. 4. "Extended bounds of confinement" means the area in which an inmate participating in a work release program may travel, the routes he is permitted to use, the places he is authorized to visit, and the hours, not exceeding fourteen hours in any day, he is permitted to be absent from the premises of the institution. 5. "Work release committee" means the body of persons, which may include members of the public, appointed pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner for the purpose of formulating, modifying and revoking work release programs at an institution. 6. "Warden" means the person in charge of an institution, by whatever title he may be known. * NB Effective only upon the expiration of §42 of ch. 60/1994, §10 of ch. 339/1972 and §3 of ch. 554/1986

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