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- CFS-15-18-00007-A · Adopted rule
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- Jul 25, 2018
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- Jul 25, 2018
For purposes of this Subpart, the following definitions shall apply:
(a)Specialized secure detention facility for older youth or specialized secure detention facility or facility shall mean detention facilities that house youth who are alleged or convicted adolescent offenders.
(b)Youth shall mean an alleged or convicted adolescent offender as defined by section 1.20(44) of the Criminal Procedure Law.
(c)OCFS shall mean the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.
(d)SCOC shall mean the New York State Commission of Correction.
(e)Administrative agency shall mean the agency of county government responsible for the administration of the county detention program.
(f)Operating agency shall mean the authorized agency selected by the administrative agency to operate detention programs in a county or in New York City.
(g)Sheriff shall mean the sheriff of the county in which a specialized secure detention facility is located.
(h)Facility director or director of the facility shall mean the person responsible for the overall operation of the facility or the person designated by the facility director to act in his or her stead.
(i)Contraband shall mean:
(1)any article or substance, the possession of which would constitute an offense under the New York State Penal Law;
(2)any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, as defined in article 10 of the Penal Law;
(3)any article or substance, the possession of which is specifically prohibited by written facility rules and regulations; and
(4)any article or substance which may present a substantial sanitation or health threat to the facility.