ยง 500-j. Who may visit local correctional facilities. The following
persons may visit at pleasure all local correctional facilities: The
governor and lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, comptroller and
attorney-general, members of the legislature, judges of the court of
appeals, justices of the supreme court and county judges, district
attorneys and every clergyman or minister, as such terms are defined in
section two of the religious corporations law, having charge of a
congregation in the county in which such facility is located. No other
person not otherwise authorized by law shall be permitted to enter the
rooms of a local correctional facility in which convicts are confined,
unless under such regulations as the sheriff of the county, or in
counties within the city of New York, the commissioner of correction of
such city, or in the county of Westchester, the commissioner of
correction of such county shall prescribe.
Structure New York Laws
Article 20 - Local Correctional Facilities
500-B - Housing of Prisoners and Other Persons in Custody.
500-C - Custody and Control of Prisoners.
500-E - Reading Matter; Divine Service.
500-F - Record of Commitments and Discharges.
500-G - Commitment by United States Courts.
500-O - Agreements for Custody of Incarcerated Individuals From Other States.
500-H - Payment of Costs for Medical and Dental Services.
500-J - Who May Visit Local Correctional Facilities.
500-K - Treatment of Incarcerated Individuals.
500-L - Release on Holidays, Saturdays and Sundays.
500-M - Special Provision Relating to City of New York.
500-N - Prisoners; Unlawful Fees Prohibited.
500-P - Prohibition on the Custody of Youth in Rikers Island Facilities.
503 - Permit to Bring Liquor Into Jail.
504 - Designation of Substitute Jail.
505 - Provision of Routine Medical, Dental and Mental Health Services and Treatment.
507 - Removal of Prisoners in Case of Fire.
508 - Removal of Sick Prisoners From Jail.
509 - Absence of Incarcerated Individual for Funeral and Deathbed Visits.
514 - Confinement of Civil Prisoner.
523 - Revocation of Designation of Jail.