New York § 500-J - 500-JWho may visit local correctional facilities
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 500-J — 500-JWho may visit local correctional facilities, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 500-J. 500-JWho may visit local correctional facilities
§ 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.
Source: official New York text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does New York Consolidated Laws § 500-J cover?
Section 500-J ("500-JWho may visit local correctional facilities") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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