U.S. Department
of Justice
New York State Contact For International Prisoner Transfer
New York State Contact for International Prisoner Transfer
| Daniel F. Martuscello III Commissioner New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Harriman State Campus 1220 Washington Avenue Albany, New York 12226 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New York State Corrections and Community Counsel’s Office | PH: (518) 457-4951 Email: CounselsOffice@doccs.ny.gov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CORRECTIONAL LAW
§5. Department of correctional services; commissioner
The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to convert the sentence of a person serving an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment, except a person serving a sentence with a maximum term of life imprisonment, to a determinate sentence of imprisonment equal to two thirds of the maximum or aggregate maximum term imposed where such conversion is necessary to make such person eligible for transfer either to federal custody or to foreign countries under treaties that provide for the voluntary transfer of such persons on the execution of penal sentences entered into by the government of the United States with foreign countries.
Updated March 17, 2025