State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > New-york > Cor > Article-20 > 500-e§ 500-e. Reading matter; divine service. Each keeper shall provide a bible to be kept in each room of the jail in his charge, and he shall permit the persons therein confined to be supplied with other suitable and proper books and papers, and if practicable, he shall cause divine service to be conducted for the benefit of the prisoners, at least once each Sunday, if there shall be room in the prison that may be safely used for that purpose.
