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Overview

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision maintains comprehensive directives detailing the proper management and operation of its many functions. These documents also provide general information/guidance to assist regulated parties in complying with statutes, rules and other legal requirements. To access these directives, choose a category from the options provided below and then select the requested directive from the list provided.

Any member of the public who is affected by the guidance provided in a directive may submit his/her feedback by email to [email protected] or by written submission addressed to:

Bureau of Internal Controls
Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
Harriman State Campus
1220 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12226

Comments received will be collected and considered during the Department's next regularly scheduled review of that directive.

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Policy Development & Correspondence

0001 Introduction to the Policy and Procedure Manual

Under the authority of the Commissioner, the Policy and Procedure Manual is the official compilation of directives which set forth the policies and procedures of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). This Manual covers a wide range of Departmental activities and functions, and serves as the Department's general reference and consistent direction source for staff and incarcerated individuals. These directives are intended to implement and supplement various parts of Correction and Executive Law, Title 7 (Corrections and Community Supervision Operations) and Title 9 (Subtitle CC- Board of Parole Operations) of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York, and other pertinent laws and regulations. It is important to note rules and regulations can be considered a higher source of legal authority than any corresponding Departmental Directive.

Policy Development & Correspondence

0002 Definition of Terms

This directive explains definitions that apply to terms in the Policy and Procedure Manual unless otherwise defined in a directive.

Policy Development & Correspondence

0008 Use of Department Stationery & Business Cards

This directive sets forth guidelines for use of the various official Department stationeries.

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0010 Departmental Correspondence

To describe the policies to be followed in receiving, distributing, and answering all correspondence to ensure prompt and satisfactory responses, other than correspondence that is to be treated as a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request (see Directive #2010, "FOIL/Access to Departmental Records").

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Directive 9999 Alphabetic Index of Directives

Directive #9999, "Alphabetic Index of Directives by Subject, Forms, Manual References, Acronyms, and Definitions”