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This
county facility accommodates various characteristics of the
criminal justice system (criminal, civil, sentenced and
pre-sentenced, adults and minors, male and female, parole
and probation violators, and state ready prisoners.
CORRECTIONAL CENTER MISSION
STATEMENT
Article 20, Section 500 of the N.Y.S. Correction Law as
it applies to the County of Rockland requires the jail to be
serviced and maintained by the Office of the Sheriff.
In addition, the jail must
be maintained and meet standards set forth by N.Y.S. Laws as
well as standards and laws set forth by the N.Y.S.
Commission of Corrections, U.S. Statues and the U.S.
Constitution.
The Rockland County
Correctional Center will accept all individuals legally
remanded to the custody of the Sheriff from all State and
Federally constituted Courts and law enforcement agencies at
every level of government.
The Rockland County
Correctional Center will provide detention facilities for
males and females over the age of 16 who are either awaiting
trial or sentenced to serve one year or less and who have
been legally committed by a judge.
The Rockland County
Correctional Center will additionally provide a secure,
safe, human, well managed, cost efficient, low profiled
facility for individuals temporarily removed from society
until legally released.
The Rockland County
Correctional Center shall be designed, managed, administered
and staffed in order to insure that staff, inmates and
visitors are physically, emotionally and psychologically
supported while in the facility.
The Rockland County
Correctional Center shall provide for its inmates the basic
human needs of food, clothing, shelter, health, religion,
recreation, family visitation and by offering counseling,
education and release preparation services to aid in the
inmates return to the community |
