New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 7 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION
Chapter IV - Visitation
Part 201 - Visitation
Section 201.1 - Purpose

Appropriate participation in the inmate visitor program provides inmates under custody of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision an opportunity to maintain relationships with friends and relatives and to promote better community adjustment upon release. Contact with persons from the outside provides all offenders emotional support in adjusting to the prison environment. This regulation sets forth the requirements of the inmate visitor program, provides for a uniform manner for the operation of the inmate visitor program, and provides guidance for department staff, inmates, and visitors to correctional facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction and Community Supervision.