People ex rel. Perdue v. Jablonsky

OPINION OF THE COURT

Victor M. Ort, J.

In these habeas corpus petitions, petitioners, State-ready inmates, seek to compel respondent Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) to accept them into the State prison system. Petitioners Perdue, Arrington, and Itua who were all sentenced to State prison, ask to be transferred to the State system or, in the alternative, to be credited with "work release points” while they remain in local custody. Petitioners Clemente, Morales, and Arroyo, who are parole violators, request to be transferred back to their State…