Dillon v. Coughlin

OPINION OF THE COURT

Levine, J.

In 1987, the Legislature added article 26-A to the Correction Law to create a "Shock Incarceration Program” (Correction Law §§ 865-867, as added by L 1987, ch 261, § 15). The Shock Incarceration Program (hereinafter program) is an intensive rehabilitation modality wherein eligible State prison inmates who are accepted into the program undergo a six-month regimen of "rigorous physical activity, intensive regimentation and discipline and rehabilitation therapy and programming” (Correction Law § 865 [2]). Upon successful completion of the program, the inmate becomes…