2006 New York Code - When Employment Prohibited.

 
    § 859. When employment prohibited.  No employment under a work release
  program  may  be approved or continued if (a) such employment results in
  the displacement of employed workers, or is applied in skills, crafts or
  trades in which there is a surplus of available labor in  the  locality,
  or  (b)  the  rates of pay and other conditions of employment are not at
  least equal to those paid or provided for work of similar nature in  the
  locality in which the work is to be performed, or (c) there is any labor
  strike or lockout in the establishment in which the inmate is employed.