New York Laws
Article 2 - Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
26 - Establishment of Commissaries or Canteens in Correctional Institutions.

ยง 26. Establishment of commissaries or canteens in correctional
institutions. The commissioner may authorize the head of any institution
in the department to establish a commissary or a canteen in such
institution for the use and benefit of incarcerated individuals. The
moneys received by the head of the institution as profits from the sales
of the commissary or canteen shall be deposited in a special fund to be
known as the commissary or canteen fund and such funds shall be used for
the general purposes of the institution subject to the provisions of
section fifty-three of the state finance law.