New York Correction Law Section 853 - Reporting and information.

853. Reporting and information. To ensure the accurate maintenance and availability of statistics and records with respect to participation in temporary release programs, the department shall maintain the following information relative to the operation of temporary release programs:

(a) number of inmate participants in each temporary release program;

(b) number of inmates participating in temporary release for whom written approval of the commissioner was required pursuant to subdivision two of section eight hundred fifty-one of this chapter;

(c) number and type of individual programs approved for each participant;

(d) approved participating employers and educational institutions;

(e) number of inmates arrested;

(f) inmates involuntarily returned for violations by institution;

(g) absconders still at large;

(h) number of disciplinary proceedings initiated and the results thereof;

(i) number of temporary release committee decisions appealed and the results thereof by institution;

(j) reports or information made available to the department with respect to the participation of individuals in such programs, including any incidents of absconding or re-arrest.

The department shall also forward to the state commission of correction quarterly reports including, but not limited to, the information identified in subdivisions (a), (b), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this section and such other information requested by the commission or available to the department with respect to such programs.


Last modified: February 3, 2019