N.Y. Correct. Law § 852

* § 852. Establishment of temporary release. 1. The commissioner,\nguided by consideration for the safety of the community and the welfare\nof the inmate, shall review and evaluate all existing rules, regulations\nand directives relating to current temporary release programs and\nconsistent with the provisions of this article for the administration of\ntemporary release programs shall by January first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-eight promulgate new rules and regulations for the various forms\nof temporary release. Such rules and regulations shall reflect the\npurposes of the different programs and shall include but not be limited\nto selection criteria, supervision and procedures for the disposition of\neach application.\n 2. The commissioner shall appoint or cause to be appointed a temporary\nrelease committee for each institution which shall meet on a regularly\nscheduled basis to review all applications for temporary release.\n 3. Work release programs may be established only at institutions\nclassified by the commissioner as work release facilities. Educational\nrelease programs may be established only at those educational\ninstitutions which shall maintain attendance records for participating\ninmates.\n 4. The commissioner shall designate in the rules and regulations of\nthe department appropriate employees or an appropriate unit of the\ndepartment to be responsible for (a) securing education, on-the-job\ntraining and employment opportunities for inmates who are eligible to\nparticipate in a work release program, and (b) assisting such inmates in\nsuch other manner as necessary or desirable to assure the success of the\nprogram.\n 5. All inmates participating in temporary release programs shall be\nassigned to parole officers for supervision. As part of the parole\nofficer's supervisory functions he or she shall be required to provide\nreports every two months on each inmate under his or her supervision.\nSuch reports shall include but not be limited to:\n (a) an evaluation of the individual's participation in such program;\n (b) a statement of any problems and the manner in which such problems\nwere resolved relative to an individual's participation in such\nprograms; and\n (c) a recommendation with respect to the individual's continued\nparticipation in the program.\n * NB Effective until September 1, 2017\n * § 852. Establishment of work release. 1. The commissioner of\ncorrection shall designate one or more institutions for the conduct of\nwork release programs. Upon such designation the commissioner, with the\napproval of the chairman of the board of parole, shall promulgate rules\nand regulations consistent with the provisions of this article for the\nadministration of work release programs at any institution designated,\nand shall appoint or cause to be appointed a work release committee for\nsuch institution.\n 2. The department shall be responsible for securing appropriate\neducation, on-the-job training and employment opportunities for eligible\ninmates and shall supervise inmates during their participation in work\nrelease programs outside the premises of institutions.\n * NB Effective September 1, 2017\n