2006 New York Code - Prisoner Not An Agent Of County.

 
    §  877. Prisoner not an agent of county.  No prisoner participating in
  a work release program shall be deemed an agent, employee or involuntary
  servant of the county  while  released  from  the  jail  of  confinement
  pursuant  to the terms of any work release plan; provided, however, that
  when a prisoner is employed by the state or a  local  municipality,  his
  relationship  to  the  state  or  local municipality arising out of such
  employment shall be determined in the same manner as if he were  a  free
  person so employed.