New York Penal Law Section 205.20 - Promoting prison contraband in the second degree.

205.20 Promoting prison contraband in the second degree.

A person is guilty of promoting prison contraband in the second degree when:

1. He knowingly and unlawfully introduces any contraband into a detention facility; or

2. Being a person confined in a detention facility, he knowingly and unlawfully makes, obtains or possesses any contraband.

Promoting prison contraband in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.


Last modified: February 3, 2019