NYC Administrative Code

§ 9-115 — Correction officers (women) in prisons for women.

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This section outlines the responsibilities and supervisory roles of women correction officers in prisons for women. It mandates that at least one female officer must be present whenever female prisoners are detained and establishes protocols for searching visitors. Applies to correctional facilities housing female inmates.

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§ 9-115 Correction officers (women) in prisons for women.

AC § 9-115

a. Women correction officers shall have charge of and shall supervise all female prisoners and all parts of prisons occupied by such prisoners, or such parts thereof as the officer in command shall designate to be under their supervision. At least one woman correction officer shall be on duty in each prison as long as any female prisoner is detained therein. b. Women correction officers shall search all women visiting any part of such prisons, except as otherwise ordered by the commissioner. Only women correction officers shall be admitted to the corridor or cells of the female prisoners without the consent of the officer in charge of the prison.

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