§ 71. Persons received into the custody of the department.\n 1. * Persons committed to the custody of the department under an\nindeterminate or determinate sentence of imprisonment shall be delivered\nto correctional facilities designated as reception centers in the rules\nand regulations of the department. The commissioner may designate any\ncorrectional facility as a reception center subject, however, to the\nfollowing criteria:\n * NB Effective until September 1, 2027\n * Persons committed to the custody of the department under an\nindeterminate or a reformatory sentence of imprisonment shall be\ndelivered to correctional facilities designated as reception centers in\nthe rules and regulations of the department. The commissioner may\ndesignate any correctional facility as a reception center subject,\nhowever, to the following criteria:\n * NB Effective September 1, 2027\n (a) Males and females shall not be received at the same correctional\nfacility;\n (b) Males under the age of twenty-one at the time sentence is imposed\nshall not be received at the same correctional facility as males who are\ntwenty-one or over at the time sentence is imposed.\n 1-a. The commissioner shall ensure that each general confinement\nfacility law library has information on international offender transfers\nsufficient to inform those persons who are citizens of a treaty nation\nof the existence of such treaties and of the means by which such persons\nmay initiate a request for return to the person's country of citizenship\nfor service of the sentence imposed. Such law libraries shall also\ncontain the most recent annual Amnesty International Report published by\nAmnesty International describing the conditions of prisons in each\ntreaty nation and, to the extent practicable, other materials describing\nsuch prison conditions published by the United Nations, United States\nDepartment of State or human rights organizations. In addition, to the\nextent practicable, such law libraries shall contain information either\nlisting each foreign country's provisions for the reduction of the terms\nof confinement for penal sentences as well as the availability of\nincarcerated individual programs or, shall contain a list of officials\nin the United States Department of Justice or the embassy of the foreign\ncountry to whom an incarcerated individual may write for information. To\nthe extent practicable, newly received incarcerated individuals who are\nidentified as foreign nationals of treaty nations shall, as part of the\nreception process, be advised of the existence of such treaties and the\npossibility of the initiation of a transfer request.\n 1-b. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations setting\nforth the procedures by which an incarcerated individual may apply to be\nconsidered for transfer to a foreign nation. The commissioner, or his\ndesignee, shall retain sole and absolute authority to approve or\ndisapprove an incarcerated individual's application for transfer.\nNothing herein shall be construed to confer upon an incarcerated\nindividual a right to be transferred to a foreign nation.\nNotwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, no\nincarcerated individual application for transfer shall be processed\nunless the incarcerated individual has first indicated his willingness\nand desire in writing, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, to be\nconsidered for transfer to the foreign nation. Such form shall also\ncontain a copy of the incarcerated individual's most recent legal date\ncomputation printout indicating the term or aggregate term of the\nsentence originally imposed and the release dates resulting therefrom.\nIf a request for transfer is approved by the commissioner or his\ndesignee, facility staff shall assist in the preparation and submission\nof all materials and forms necessary to effectuate the person's request\nfor transfer to the United States Department of Justice for purposes of\nfinali
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