[Derived from L.L. No. 1-1978]
A. 
Any act or omission of any employee of the County in the office of the Sheriff, done or made in the performance of an official duty or for the performance of which the County is paid or receives compensation or a fee, shall be the act or omission of the County; and the damages, if any, resulting therefrom shall be deemed the liability of the County.
B. 
Nothing contained in this section shall make the County responsible for the acts of the Sheriff thereof, nor relieve said Sheriff from any liability to which he is lawfully subject.
[Added 2-10-1987 by L.L. No. 12-1987]
A. 
The County Sheriff or his designee is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to ensure security and public safety in and around the Suffolk County correctional and detention facilities under the jurisdiction of the Sheriff. This authority extends to the use of roads and parking areas in and around said correctional and detention facilities.
B. 
Any rule or regulation promulgated in accordance with this section shall take precedence over and supersede Chapter 639, Off-Street Parking, Article I, Traffic Regulations on County-Owned Property, as amended, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder insofar as any conflict may exist.
C. 
Any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this section shall be enforced by the County Sheriff, his deputies and members of the Suffolk County Police Department or any other police department located in Suffolk County.
D. 
Any person violating any rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a violation, punishable by a fine not exceeding $500.
E. 
In lieu of a criminal action against any person violating a rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this section, a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 may be recovered by Suffolk County in a civil action with respect thereto.
F. 
The Sheriff will submit and file said rules and regulations as promulgated with the Clerk of the Legislature.
[Added 8-25-1987 by L.L. No. 30-1987]
A. 
The use of inmates at any Suffolk County correctional facility, who are capable of labor, for the purpose of employment by the Suffolk County Sheriff to perform labor outside of any Suffolk County correctional facility is hereby authorized and approved pursuant to § 500-d of the New York Correction Law, subject to the following terms and conditions:
(1) 
No work outside of any Suffolk County correctional facility shall be performed by such inmates until such time as the use of inmate labor for building and repairing County correctional facilities and providing for and manufacturing all needed supplies for the same has been exhausted.
(2) 
If Subsection A(1) of this section has been complied with, then inmates of Suffolk County correctional facilities shall next be used for the purpose of repairing highways within the County of Suffolk or preparing the materials for such highways for sale to and for the use of the state, counties, towns, villages or cities and to perform other work which is commonly carried on at a prison camp.
(3) 
Prior to employing inmates at Suffolk County correctional facilities for the purpose of cleaning up debris, litter or refuse, in County parks, on County highways, on other County-owned properties, or for or on behalf of other municipalities located within the County of Suffolk, or for the purpose of collecting or separating garbage in connection with state or municipally approved source separation or recycling programs, the Suffolk County Sheriff shall certify, in writing, to the Suffolk County Executive and the Suffolk County Legislature that the conditions described in Subsection A(1) and (2) of this section have been fulfilled by such inmates.
(4) 
Any work performed by an inmate under the provisions of this section shall be performed under the immediate supervision of employees directly responsible to the Suffolk County Sheriff, including, but not limited to, Deputy County Sheriffs and correction officers.
B. 
Any agreements entered into between the County of Suffolk and/or any other municipality located within the County of Suffolk to provide services of County inmate labor under the provisions of this section shall be conditioned upon payment by said municipality to the County of Suffolk of a fee for such services sufficient to fund the administrative expenses of the County to perform such a contract and shall be subject to the ratification and approval of the County Legislature.
C. 
The Suffolk County Executive is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to enter into such agreements as he shall deem necessary to implement the provisions of this section, subject to legislative approval and ratification.
D. 
The Suffolk County Sheriff is hereby authorized and empowered to promulgate such rules and regulations as he shall deem necessary and sufficient to implement Subsections A and B of this section, including, but not limited to, regulations as to which inmates shall be selected to participate in this program in a manner which is consistent with the safety of the public-at-large and affected communities in particular.
E. 
No compensation for services rendered or labor performed shall be paid to any inmate of a Suffolk County correctional facility who is employed under any provision of this section unless such compensation is first approved by resolution of the County Legislature adopted in accordance with the provisions of Article II of the Suffolk County Charter.
F. 
Participation by inmates in this inmate work program shall be mandatory, not voluntary, subject to reasonable excuses for nonparticipation based on medical or physical illness or disabilities of said inmates.
G. 
Any fees received by the County of Suffolk for services rendered or labor performed by inmates of Suffolk County correctional facilities pursuant to this section shall be allocated to the general fund of the County of Suffolk and shall be utilized for the sole and exclusive purpose of offsetting costs of operating any Suffolk County correctional facility.
H. 
For the purposes of this section, "inmate" or "convict" shall mean any prisoner committed to a Suffolk County correctional facility for incarceration under sentence.
I. 
The initial twelve-month phase of this inmate work program shall constitute a pilot program.
(1) 
At the conclusion of the first 12 months immediately succeeding the commencement of this program, the Suffolk County Sheriff shall submit a written report to the Suffolk County Executive and Suffolk County Legislature assessing the feasibility and viability of this program from the standpoint of County management, budget, fiscal, financial, economic, legal, law enforcement and prison overcrowding concerns and the response of the public to said program.
(2) 
This inmate work program at County correctional facilities may not be continued beyond its initial twelve-month phase without the approval and ratification of a program extension by the County Legislature upon such terms and conditions as may be approved by the County Legislature.