2006 New York Code - Institutions for detention of criminals; probation; parole; state commission of correction.

 
    §  5.  The  legislature may provide for the maintenance and support of
  institutions for the detention of persons charged with or  convicted  of
  crime  and  for  systems of probation and parole of persons convicted of
  crime. There shall be a state  commission  of  correction,  which  shall
  visit  and  inspect,  or cause to be visited and inspected by members of
  its staff, all institutions  used  for  the  detention  of  sane  adults
  charged with or convicted of crime.