N.Y. Correct. Law § 136

§ 136. Correctional education. The objective of correctional education\nin its broadest sense should be the socialization of the inmates through\nvaried impressional and expressional activities, with emphasis on\nindividual inmate needs. The objective of this program shall be the\nreturn of these inmates to society with a more wholesome attitude toward\nliving, with a desire to conduct themselves as good citizens, and with\nthe skill and knowledge which will give them a reasonable chance to\nmaintain themselves and their dependents through honest labor. To this\nend each inmate shall be given a program of education which, on the\nbasis of available data, seems most likely to further the process of\nsocialization and rehabilitation. Provided that, the commissioner, in\nconsultation with the commissioner of education, shall develop a\ncurricula for and require provision of an education program to all\ninmates, on a periodic basis, on the consequences and prevention of\nshaken baby syndrome which may include the viewing of a video\npresentation thereon. The time daily devoted to such education shall be\nsuch as is required for meeting the above objectives. The director of\neducation, subject to the direction of the commissioner and after\nconsultation with the commissioner of education, shall develop the\ncurricula and the education programs that are required to meet the\nspecial needs of each correctional facility in the department. The\ncommissioner of education, in co-operation with the commissioner and the\ndirector of education, shall set up the educational requirements for the\ncertification of teachers in all such correctional facilities. Such\neducational requirements shall be sufficiently broad and comprehensive\nto include training in penology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, in\nthe special subjects to be taught, and in any other professional courses\nas may be deemed necessary by the responsible officers, and shall\ninclude training relating to the consequences and prevention of shaken\nbaby syndrome which may include the viewing of a video presentation\nthereon. No certificates for teaching service in the state institutions\nshall be issued unless a minimum of four years of training beyond the\nhigh school has been secured, or an acceptable equivalent. Existing\nrequirements for the certification of teachers in the institutions shall\ncontinue in force until changed pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection.\n