N.Y. Correct. Law § 509
Absence of incarcerated individual for funeral and deathbed visits
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Current — January 1, 2022
As of January 1, 2015
§ 509. Absence of inmate for funeral and deathbed visits. The sheriff\nof a local correctional facility or his designee may permit any inmate\nconfined in his local correctional facility to attend the funeral of his\nor her father, mother, guardian or former guardian, child, brother,\nsister, husband, wife, grandparent, grandchild, ancestral uncle or\nancestral aunt within the state, or to visit such individual during his\nor her illness if death be imminent; but the exercise of such power\nshall be subject to such rules and regulations as the commission shall\nprescribe, respecting the granting of such permission, duration of\nabsence from the institution, custody, transportation and care of the\ninmate, and guarding against escape.\n
§ 509. Absence of incarcerated individual for funeral and deathbed\nvisits. The sheriff of a local correctional facility or his or her\ndesignee may permit any incarcerated individual confined in his or her\nlocal correctional facility to attend the funeral of his or her father,\nmother, guardian or former guardian, child, brother, sister, husband,\nwife, grandparent, grandchild, ancestral uncle or ancestral aunt within\nthe state, or to visit such individual during his or her illness if\ndeath be imminent; but the exercise of such power shall be subject to\nsuch rules and regulations as the commission shall prescribe, respecting\nthe granting of such permission, duration of absence from the\ninstitution, custody, transportation and care of the incarcerated\nindividual, and guarding against escape.\n
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