Statute:

Commitment by United States courts

* § 500-g. Commitment by United States courts. The chief
administrative officer shall receive and keep in his jail every person
duly committed thereto, for any offense against the United States, by
any court or officer of the United States, until he shall be duly
discharged, the United States supporting such person during his
confinement; provided such official shall not violate any of the
provisions of section five hundred-b of this article in receiving or
detaining such persons; and the provisions of this article relative to
the mode of confining prisoners shall apply to all persons so committed
by any court or officer of the United States.

* NB Effective until September 1, 2027

* § 500-g. Commitment by United States courts. Such keeper shall
receive and keep in his jail every person duly committed thereto, for
any offense against the United States, by any court or officer of the
United States, until he shall be duly discharged; the United States
supporting such person during his confinement; provided such keeper
shall not violate any of the provisions of section five hundred-c of
this article in receiving or detaining such persons; and the provisions
of this article relative to the mode of confining prisoners and
convicts, shall apply to all persons so committed by any court or
officer of the United States.

* NB Effective September 1, 2027

COR 500-G 2025-05-16

Sections:

ARTICLE 20 - Local Correctional Facilities
SECTION 500 - Application of article
SECTION 500-A - Use of jails
SECTION 500-B - Housing of prisoners and other persons in custody
SECTION 500-C - Custody and control of prisoners
SECTION 500-D - Food and labor
SECTION 500-E - Reading matter; divine service
SECTION 500-F - Record of commitments and discharges
SECTION 500-G - Commitment by United States courts
SECTION 500-H - Payment of costs for medical and dental services
SECTION 500-I - County workhouses
SECTION 500-J - Who may visit local correctional facilities
SECTION 500-K - Treatment of inmates
SECTION 500-L - Release on holidays, Saturdays and Sundays
SECTION 500-M - Special provision relating to city of New York
SECTION 500-N - Prisoners; unlawful fees prohibited
SECTION 500-O - Agreements for custody of inmates from other states
SECTION 500-P - Prohibition on the custody of youth in Rikers Island facilities
SECTION 501 - Jail physician
SECTION 502 - Use of liquor in jails
SECTION 503 - Permit to bring liquor into jail
SECTION 504 - Designation of substitute jail
SECTION 505 - Provision of routine medical, dental and mental health services and treatment
SECTION 507 - Removal of prisoners in case of fire
SECTION 508 - Removal of sick prisoners from jail
SECTION 509 - Absence of inmate for funeral and deathbed visits
SECTION 514 - Confinement of civil prisoner
SECTION 523 - Revocation of designation of jail
SECTION 524 - Manner and effect of revocation
SECTION 529 - Term of imprisonment of a recaptured prisoner

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