Legislation
SECTION 9
Access to information of incarcerated individuals via the internet
Correction (COR) CHAPTER 43, ARTICLE 2
* § 9. Access to information of incarcerated individuals via the
internet. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any
information relating to the conviction of a person, except for a person
convicted of an offense that would make such person ineligible for merit
time under section eight hundred three of this chapter or an offense for
which registration as a sex offender is required as set forth in
subdivision two or three of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this
chapter, that is posted on a website maintained by or for the
department, under article six of the public officers law, may be posted
on such website for a period not to exceed five years after the
expiration of such person's sentence of imprisonment and any period of
parole or post-release supervision; provided, however, that in the case
of a person who has been committed to the department on more than one
occasion, the department may post conviction information relating to any
prior commitment on such website for a period not to exceed five years
after the expiration of such person's sentence of imprisonment and any
period of parole or post-release supervision arising from the most
recent commitment to the department.
* NB Effective until November 16, 2024
* § 9. Access to information of incarcerated individuals via the
internet. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any
information relating to the conviction of a person that is posted on a
website maintained by or for the department, under article six of the
public officers law, may be posted on such website for a period not to
exceed three years after the expiration of such person's sentence of
imprisonment and at the conclusion of any period of parole or
post-release supervision.
* NB Effective November 16, 2024
internet. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any
information relating to the conviction of a person, except for a person
convicted of an offense that would make such person ineligible for merit
time under section eight hundred three of this chapter or an offense for
which registration as a sex offender is required as set forth in
subdivision two or three of section one hundred sixty-eight-a of this
chapter, that is posted on a website maintained by or for the
department, under article six of the public officers law, may be posted
on such website for a period not to exceed five years after the
expiration of such person's sentence of imprisonment and any period of
parole or post-release supervision; provided, however, that in the case
of a person who has been committed to the department on more than one
occasion, the department may post conviction information relating to any
prior commitment on such website for a period not to exceed five years
after the expiration of such person's sentence of imprisonment and any
period of parole or post-release supervision arising from the most
recent commitment to the department.
* NB Effective until November 16, 2024
* § 9. Access to information of incarcerated individuals via the
internet. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any
information relating to the conviction of a person that is posted on a
website maintained by or for the department, under article six of the
public officers law, may be posted on such website for a period not to
exceed three years after the expiration of such person's sentence of
imprisonment and at the conclusion of any period of parole or
post-release supervision.
* NB Effective November 16, 2024