- (a) Commission shall mean the New York State Commission of Correction.
- (b) OCFS shall mean the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.
- (c) Facility shall mean a specialized secure juvenile detention facility for older youth.
- (d) Youth shall mean an adolescent offender, as that term is defined in Criminal Procedure Law section 1.20(44), that has been committed or sentenced to a facility.
- (e) Director shall mean the individual wholly responsible for the operations of a facility.
- (f) Designee shall mean a qualified individual, under the authority of the director, to whom the director has assigned a specific duty or responsibility.
- (g) Sheriff shall mean the sheriff or Commissioner of Correction to whose custody a youth was committed or sentenced.
As used in this Chapter, unless specifically stated otherwise, the following definitions shall apply to the terms listed below: