2006 New York Code - Prisoners; Unlawful Fees Prohibited.

 
    * § 500-n. Prisoners; unlawful fees prohibited. 1. Except as otherwise
  provided  by  law, a sheriff or other person in charge of a correctional
  facility or any person employed at such  facility  shall  not  charge  a
  prisoner  or other person in custody with any sum of money, or demand or
  receive from him money or any valuable thing  for  any  drink,  food  or
  other  thing  furnished  or  provided for such prisoner or person at any
  correctional facility.
    2. A sheriff or other public officer or employee shall not  demand  or
  receive  from  a  prisoner  or  other  person,  while  in his custody, a
  gratuity or reward, upon any pretense or for any purpose.
    3. A sheriff, or other public officer or employee, shall not demand or
  receive from a prisoner  or  other  person  in  custody,  money  or  any
  valuable  thing  for  rent in a jail or any fee, compensation, or reward
  for the commitment, detaining in custody, release,  or  discharge  of  a
  prisoner, other than the fees expressly allowed therefor by law.
    * NB Repealed September 1, 2007