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CVR - Civil Rights
Article 7 - Miscellaneous Rights and Immunities
79-C - Convict Protected by Law.
Universal Citation: NY Civ Rights L § 79-C (2018)
§ 79-c. Convict protected by law. A convict sentenced to imprisonment is under the protection of the law, and any injury to his person, not authorized by law, is punishable in the same manner as if he were not sentenced or convicted.
Nothing in sections seventy-nine or seventy-nine-a of this chapter shall be deemed to deny a convict sentenced to imprisonment the right to injunctive relief for improper treatment where such treatment constitutes a violation of his constitutional rights.
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