Penal Law § 205.20 · Article 205. Escape and Other Offenses Relating to Custody
Promoting prison contraband in the second degree
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Law content up to date as of October 23, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
§ 205.20 Promoting prison contraband in the second degree.
A person is guilty of promoting prison contraband in the second degree when:
1. He knowingly and unlawfully introduces any contraband into a detention facility; or
2. Being a person confined in a detention facility, he knowingly and unlawfully makes, obtains or possesses any contraband.
Promoting prison contraband in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Law content up to date as of October 23, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
- Official file
- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/PEN205.20
- Text hash
- sha256 e01ba46c526555d088e75aad8e800911e1173701c7e450a58999c593fe25251c
- Composed by
- gen_ny_statutes.py 2026-11-10: the Senate's Open Legislation law tree (GET /api/3/laws/<ID>?full=true) read in document order; the Senate's PDF of the whole law (GET /pdf/laws/<ID>?full=true), read with PDFium, prints the same words in the same order
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.