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 7342 - DEATHBED AND FUNERAL VISITS
Section 7342.4 - Assessment and processing of visit requests
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) The director shall develop and implement written policies and procedures to ensure that any request made by a youth, or any other person, that the youth be permitted to visit the deathbed of, or make a funeral visit to, a family member, is immediately delivered to the attention of the sheriff. Such policies and procedures shall additionally ensure that the sheriff, or sheriff's designee, is provided all relevant information necessary to render a determination pursuant to subdivision (e) of this section.
(b) Every sheriff shall develop and implement written policies and procedures for the expeditious review, assessment and determination of requests made by a youth, or any other person, that the youth be permitted to visit the deathbed of, or make a funeral visit to, a family member.
(c) Deathbed visits may only take place at recognized health care facilities. Deathbed or funeral visits shall not be permitted in private homes.
(d) Prior to approving any such request, the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, shall verify:
(e) The sheriff, or sheriff's designee, in consultation with the director, or the director's designee, shall assess the potential security risks associated with the visit by considering the following factors:
(f) After considering all the factors specified in this section, the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, shall approve or deny the visit. Such determination shall be made as soon as possible given the circumstances surrounding the deathbed or funeral visit.
(g) After such determination has been made, the director, the youth, and any person requesting the visit shall be informed of the decision.
(h) If the visit is denied, the youth shall be immediately informed of the denial and given the opportunity to discuss the response with the director, or designee. Any such denial shall, as soon as practical, be documented by the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, and the youth shall be informed in writing.