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* § 631. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Institution" means any institution under the jurisdiction of the\ncommissioner of correction in any city having a population of one\nmillion or more or of a county which elects to have this article apply\nthereto.\n 2. "Eligible incarcerated individual" means a person confined in a\ncity prison or reformatory in a city having a population of one million\nor more or in a county jail and penitentiaries of a county which elects\nto have this article apply thereto where a furlough program has been\nestablished who is sentenced to a definite period of six months or more\nor to a reformatory sentence of imprisonment and has served a minimum of\nsix months of any such sentence.\n 3. "F
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* § 631. Definitions. As used in this article the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Institution" means any institution under the jurisdiction of the\ncommissioner of correction in any city having a population of one\nmillion or more or of a county which elects to have this article apply\nthereto.\n 2. "Eligible incarcerated individual" means a person confined in a\ncity prison or reformatory in a city having a population of one million\nor more or in a county jail and penitentiaries of a county which elects\nto have this article apply thereto where a furlough program has been\nestablished who is sentenced to a definite period of six months or more\nor to a reformatory sentence of imprisonment and has served a minimum of\nsix months of any such sentence.\n 3. "Furlough program" means a program under which eligible\nincarcerated individuals may be granted the privilege of leaving the\npremises of a prison for a period not exceeding seventy-two hours for\nthe purpose of seeking employment, maintaining family ties, solving\nfamily problems, to undergo surgery or to receive medical treatment or\ndental treatment not available in the correctional institution, or for\nany matter necessary to the furtherance of any such purposes.\n 4. "Extended bounds of confinement" means the area in which an\nincarcerated individual participating in a furlough program may travel,\nthe routes he or she is permitted to use, the places he or she is\nauthorized to visit, and the hours, days, or specially defined period\nduring which he or she is permitted to be absent from the premises of\nthe institution. An extension of limits shall be under such prescribed\nconditions as the commissioner deems necessary. Such extension of limits\nmay be withdrawn at any time.\n 5. "Furlough committee" means the body of persons which may include\nmembers of the public, appointed pursuant to regulations promulgated by\nthe commissioner for the purposes of formulating, modifying and revoking\nfurlough programs at an institution.\n 6. "Warden" means the person in charge of an institution by whatever\ntitle he may be known.\n 7. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of correction in a city\nhaving a population of one million or more or that official having\nsimilar duties in any county which elects to have this article apply\nthereto, by whatever title he may be known.\n 8. "Department" means the applicable department of correction or,\nwhere no such department exists, the office of the commissioner.\n * NB Repealed September 1, 2027\n