New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR)
Title 9 Part 7005
Executive Department
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9 NYCRR 7005.1 - Policy
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Consistent with the requirements of this Part, the chief administrative officer of each local correctional facility shall provide for and maintain reasonable standards of prisoner personal hygiene.
9 NYCRR 7005.2 - Showers
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- CMC-15-22-00007-A · Adopted rule
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- Aug 10, 2022
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- Aug 10, 2022
Showers
(a)Hot showers shall be made available to all prisoners daily. Consistent with facility health requirements, the chief administrative officer may require prisoners to shower periodically.
(b)Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (a) of this section, hot showers shall be made available to all prisoners confined in special housing, as that term is defined in section 7013.2(h) of this Title, at least three times per week.
(c)Absent exigent circumstances, an incarcerated individual may be confined to a shower or shower area only for the duration necessary to sufficiently complete the shower.
9 NYCRR 7005.3 - Shaving
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(a)Prisoners shall be permitted to shave daily. Necessary shaving items shall be provided at facility expense and shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition.
(b)Hot water sufficient to enable prisoners to shave with care and comfort shall be provided.
(c)Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (a) of this section, prisoners confined in special housing, as that term is defined in section 7013.2(h) of this Title, shall be permitted to shave at least three times per week.
9 NYCRR 7005.4 - Haircuts
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(a)Hair shall be cut only by persons who, in the opinion of the chief administrative officer, are trained or skilled in the use of barber tools.
(b)Barber tools shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition.
(c)Haircuts shall be provided indigent prisoners at facility expense.
9 NYCRR 7005.5 - Hair styles
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(a)Consistent with the requirements of Part 7024 of this Title, the chief administrative officer may establish rules for the permissible style and length of inmates' hair.
(b)Prisoners assigned to work in areas where food is stored, prepared, served or otherwise handled may be required to wear a hairnet or other head covering.
(c)The chief administrative officer may determine that certain work assignments constitute a safety hazard to those prisoners with long hair or beards. Prisoners unwilling or unable to conform to the safety requirements of such work assignments shall be assigned elsewhere.
(d)Should examination of a prisoner's hair reveal the presence of a health condition that may threaten the health of other persons, medical treatment shall be initiated immediately. Such medical treatment may include the cutting of a prisoner's hair upon the determination of the facility physician that such action is necessary. Such haircutting shall be performed under the direct supervision of a member of the facility health services staff.
(e)When in the opinion of the chief administrative officer, the growth or removal of a prisoner's hair, including facial hair, creates an identification problem, a new photograph may be taken of that prisoner.
9 NYCRR 7005.6 - Personal health care items
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(a)Upon admission to a facility, all prisoners shall be provided at facility expense with an issue of a personal health care items, including but not limited to:
(1)soap;
(2)toothbrush;
(3)toothpaste;
(4)drinking cup;
(5)toilet paper; and
(6)bath towel.
(b)In addition to the items listed in subdivision (a) of this section, all female prisoners shall be provided at facility expense with necessary feminine hygiene items, including but not limited to:
(1)tampons; and
(2)sanitary napkins.
(c)All feminine hygiene items shall be stored and dispensed in a manner sufficient to ensure that they are sanitary.
(d)Bath towels shall be exchanged weekly, or more frequently when necessary. All other personal health care items issued pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section shall be replenished or replaced as needed.
9 NYCRR 7005.7 - Clothing
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(a)All prisoners shall be entitled to wear facility-issued clothing. Facility-issued clothing shall be provided at facility expense and shall include, but is not limited to:
(1)For men:
(i)one shirt; and
(ii)one pair of trousers.
(2)For women:
(i)one shirt or blouse; and
(ii)one skirt, smock, dress or pair of slacks.
(3)For men and women:
(i)two pairs of socks;
(ii)two sets of undergarments;
(iii)one pair of suitable footwear when needed; and
(iv)one sweater, sweatshirt or jacket to be issued during cold weather.
(b)When the facility clothing issue provided women prisoners pursuant to this section does not include slacks, women prisoners shall be permitted to receive slacks from any source, and to wear such slacks within the facility.
(c)Women prisoners shall be permitted to wear brassieres. Women prisoners shall be permitted to receive brassieres from any source, subject to the limitations of section 7025.2(d) of this Title, and to wear such brassieres within the facility.
(d)When weather conditions necessitate additional clothing for prisoners who will be outside the facility, such additional clothing shall be provided such prisoners as needed.
(e)At the discretion of the chief administrative officer, sentenced and/or unsentenced prisoners may be required to wear facility-issued clothing.
(f)Prisoners who are not required to wear facility-issued clothing shall be permitted to wear clothing worn by such prisoners at the time of admission to the facility and clothing received from any other source, subject to the limitations of section 7025.2(d) of this Title.
(g)All prisoner clothing shall be limited to those items that, in the opinion of the chief administrative officer, do not constitute a threat to the safety, security or good order of a facility. Prisoners clothing may be limited to that amount which can be safely stored within a facility. Prisoner clothing may be limited to items that may be easily washed.
(h)Prisoners engaged in work assignments requiring special clothing shall be provided with such clothing at facility expense.
9 NYCRR 7005.8 - Laundry and repair of clothing
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(a)Laundry services sufficient to provide all prisoners with a clean change of any clothing permitted or required pursuant to section 7005.7 of this Part shall be provided at facility expense twice a week and more frequently when necessary.
(b)Reasonable repairs of any clothing permitted or required pursuant to section 7005.7 of this Part shall be made at facility expense.
(c)When a prisoner is without clothing items as listed in subdivision (a) of section 7005.7 of this Part, as the result of clothing having been collected for laundering or repair, such prisoner shall be immediately provided with such items.
(d)All facility-issued clothing shall be laundered and repaired prior to being reissued to another prisoner.
9 NYCRR 7005.9 - Bedding
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(a)Upon admission to a facility, all prisoners shall be provided at facility expense with an issue of clean bedding in good condition.
(b)Pillowcases and sheets shall be exchanged weekly or more frequently when necessary. All other bedding items issued pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section shall be exchanged when necessary.
(c)All bedding items issued or exchanged pursuant to this section shall be cleaned, checked for damage and repaired when necessary before reissue.
(d)Mattresses should be constructed of fire-retardant material. When issued, mattress covers should be constructed of materials both water-resistant and easily sanitized.
9 NYCRR 7005.10 - Storage of clothing and bedding
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All items of clothing and bedding stored within the facility shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary manner.
9 NYCRR 7005.11 - Housing area maintenance
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A supply of brooms, mops, pails, soap, disinfectant and other materials sufficient to properly clean and maintain facility housing areas shall be provided prisoners at facility expense.
9 NYCRR 7005.12 - Deprivation of personal hygiene
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- Related Register notice
- CMC-05-19-00004-A · Adopted rule
- Related notice published
- Jun 5, 2019
- Related notice effective date
- Jun 5, 2019
Any decision to deny, restrict or limit an inmate of any right, service, item or article, guaranteed an inmate by the provisions of this Part, shall be done in accordance with section 7075.5 of this Title.