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Legal Opinion

Opn. No.

New York Attorney General Reports

Decided March 19, 1990Published

1Opinion of the Court

Requestor: Glenn S. Hackett, County Attorney County of Niagara Niagara County Courthouse Lockport, New York 14094-2740

Written by: Patrick Barnett-Mulligan, Assistant Attorney General

Your office has asked whether a county may hire a private extradition service to assist in the transportation and detention of prisoners requiring extradition back to Niagara County from other jurisdictions.

Under section 500-c of the Correction Law, sheriffs* have custody of the county jail and are charged with the duty to receive and keep safely every person lawfully committed to their custody (Correction Law, §…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Wilson v. SponableAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
  2. Kemp v. WaldronAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
  3. Edwards v. County of OnondagaNew York Supreme Court · 1963
  4. City of Newburgh v. County of OrangeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
  5. Village of Walden v. County of OrangeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981

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