N.Y. Correction Law Section 148
Psychiatric and diagnostic clinics

The commissioner of corrections and community supervision is hereby authorized and directed to assist and cooperate with the commissioner of mental health in the establishment and conduct of such psychiatric and diagnostic clinics in the institutions and facilities under their jurisdiction as such commissioners may deem necessary within the amount appropriated therefor. The persons conducting the work of such clinics shall determine the physical and mental condition of all incarcerated individuals serving an indeterminate term, having a minimum of one day and a maximum of natural life, and of such other incarcerated individuals whose criminal record, behavior or other factors indicate to those in charge of such clinics the need of study and treatment. The work of the clinics shall include scientific study and psychiatric evaluation of each such incarcerated individual, including his or her career and life history, investigation of the cause of the crime and recommendations for the care, training and employment of such incarcerated individuals with a view to their reformation and to the protection of society. Each of the different phases of the work of the clinics shall be so coordinated with all the other phases of clinic work as to be a part of a unified and comprehensive scheme in the study and treatment of such incarcerated individuals. After classification in the clinics the incarcerated individual sentenced to state prison shall be certified to the warden and recommendation made to the commissioner of corrections and community supervision as to their disposition.

Source: Section 148 — Psychiatric and diagnostic clinics, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/COR/148 (updated Aug. 13, 2021; accessed May 24, 2025).

112
Powers and duties of commissioner relating to correctional facilities and community supervision 113
Absence of incarcerated individual for funeral and deathbed visits authorized 114
Rehabilitation programs for women 115
Fiscal accounts and records 116
incarcerated individuals’ funds 117
Estimates of expenses 118
Custody and supervision of persons in Westchester county correctional facilities 119
Daily report concerning incarcerated individuals 120
Custody and supervision of persons in correctional facilities 121
Private ownership or operation of correctional facilities 122
Control of fiscal transactions and recovery of debts 125
Incarcerated individuals’ money, clothing and other property 126
Punishment of superintendent for neglect of duty 130
Custody of incarcerated individual sentenced to death and commuted by governor 132
Retaking of an escaped incarcerated individual 133
Superintendent to report concerning incarcerated individual believed mentally ill when crime was committed 134
Religious dietary requirements 135
New York state department of corrections and community supervision body-worn cameras program 136
Correctional education 137
Program of treatment, control, discipline at correctional facilities 138
Institutional rules and regulations for incarcerated individuals at all correctional facilities 138–A
Notification of visitation policies 139
Grievance procedures 140
Provision for routine medical, dental and mental health services and treatment 141
Contagious disease in facility 142
Fire in facility 143
Custody of persons convicted of crimes against the United States 146
Persons authorized to visit correctional facilities 147
Noncitizen incarcerated individuals of correctional facilities 148
Psychiatric and diagnostic clinics 149
Released incarcerated individuals
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Accessed:
May 24, 2025

Last modified:
Aug. 13, 2021

§ 148’s source at nysenate​.gov

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