* ยง 500-n. Prisoners; unlawful fees prohibited. 1. Except as otherwise
provided by law, a sheriff or other person in charge of a correctional
facility or any person employed at such facility shall not charge a
prisoner or other person in custody with any sum of money, or demand or
receive from him money or any valuable thing for any drink, food or
other thing furnished or provided for such prisoner or person at any
correctional facility.
2. A sheriff or other public officer or employee shall not demand or
receive from a prisoner or other person, while in his custody, a
gratuity or reward, upon any pretense or for any purpose.
3. A sheriff, or other public officer or employee, shall not demand or
receive from a prisoner or other person in custody, money or any
valuable thing for rent in a jail or any fee, compensation, or reward
for the commitment, detaining in custody, release, or discharge of a
prisoner, other than the fees expressly allowed therefor by law.
* NB Repealed September 1, 2025
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.