Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions two, three and four of section one hundred twenty of this article or in federal law, the private operation or management of a correctional facility as defined in subdivision four of section two of this chapter or a local correctional facility, as defined in subdivision sixteen of section two of this chapter, the private ownership or operation of a facility for housing state or local incarcerated individuals or the private ownership or operation of a facility for the incarceration of other state's incarcerated individuals is prohibited.
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