§ 87. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:

1. "Alternate correctional facility" shall mean a correctional
facility designed to house medium security incarcerated individuals as
defined by department rules and regulations, which is owned by the city
of New York, operated by the department pursuant to the rules and
regulations promulgated by the commissioner and in accordance with the
operation agreement as defined in subdivision five of this section, and
used for the confinement of eligible incarcerated individuals, as
defined by subdivision four of this section.

2. "Panel" shall mean the alternate correctional facility review panel
established pursuant to section eighty-nine-e of this article.

3. "Construction agreement" shall mean an agreement entered into
pursuant to section eighty-eight of this article by the commissioner and
the city of New York which governs the construction of two alternate
correctional facilities of approximately seven hundred beds each, one at
Ogdensburg and one at Cape Vincent, New York.

4. "Eligible incarcerated individuals" shall mean incarcerated
individuals of a New York city correctional facility who are at least
nineteen years of age, who are serving a definite, but not an
intermittent, sentence of imprisonment, and who do not have criminal
charges pending against them.

5. "Operation agreement" shall mean an agreement entered into pursuant
to section eighty-eight of this article by the commissioner and the city
of New York which governs the operation of one or both alternate
correctional facilities and addresses all related issues, including, but
not limited to, general staffing levels and nature of staffing
positions; composition of medical staff; availability of outside medical
services; procedures and criteria for selecting eligible incarcerated
individuals; availability and frequency of transportation of
incarcerated individuals and visitors of incarcerated individuals to
such facility; availability, content and frequency of programming for
incarcerated individuals; mechanisms to establish, monitor and review
operating and capital expenditures; and legal representation of both
incarcerated individuals and employees of such facilities.