New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle AA - STATE COMMISSION OF CORRECTION
Chapter III - Minimum Standards and Regulations for Management of Specialized Secure Juvenile Detention Facilities for Older Youth
Part 7336 - RELIGION
Section 7336.1 - Policy

Universal Citation: 9 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 7336.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) Consistent with the requirements of this Part, the director shall develop written policies and procedures that allow for youth religious observance. The written policy and procedures shall be reviewed annually and updated as needed.

(b) Youth have a right to hold any religious belief, and to be affiliated with any religious faith.

(c) Youth are entitled to exercise their religious beliefs in a manner that does not constitute a threat to the safety, security or operational stability of the facility, or the safety, security or health of any person.

(d) No person shall be permitted to proselytize to any facility youth.

(e) Consistent with the requirements of subdivision (c) of this section, no youth shall be compelled to, or dissuaded from, exercising any religious belief.

(f) Equal status and protection shall be afforded all youth in the exercise of their religious beliefs, except when such exercise results in facility expenditures which are unreasonable or disproportionate to those extended to other youth for similar purposes.

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