2016 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title L - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Article 205 - (205.00 - 205.65) ESCAPE AND OTHER OFFENSES RELATING TO CUSTODY
205.00 - Escape and other offenses relating to custody; definitions of terms.

205.00  Escape and other offenses relating to custody; definitions of
         terms.
The following definitions are applicable to this article:
1. "Detention Facility" means any  place  used  for  the  confinement,
  pursuant  to  an  order  of  a  court,  of  a person (a) charged with or
  convicted of an offense, or (b) charged  with  being  or  adjudicated  a
  youthful offender, person in need of supervision or juvenile delinquent,
  or  (c)  held for extradition or as a material witness, or (d) otherwise
  confined pursuant to an order of a court.
2. "Custody" means restraint  by  a  public  servant  pursuant  to  an
  authorized arrest or an order of a court.
3.  "Contraband" means any article or thing which a person confined in
  a detention facility is  prohibited  from  obtaining  or  possessing  by
  statute, rule, regulation or order.
4.  "Dangerous  contraband"  means contraband which is capable of such
  use as may endanger the safety or security of a  detention  facility  or
  any person therein.