Dennis Kozlowski's Homecoming, of Sorts Nearly seven years after he reported to prison, L. Dennis Kozlowski has a view of Central Park from his home once again - only the new place is a little smaller. The former Tyco International chief executive has been transferred to the a minimum-security prison on the north edge of Manhattan's Central Park from his previous facility upstate, according to records from New York state's corrections department. Mr. Kozlowski was moved as part of a work-release program on Jan. 31, ahead of a parole hearing in April, Linda Foglia, a spokeswoman for the department told DealBook on Friday. It's a homecoming of sorts. The Lincoln Correctional Facility, which is just yards away from the placid Harlem Meer, has its charms, including an expansive view of the New York skyline. Many Manhattan residents tend not to know that it's a prison building at all. "We're proud of the fact that we don't make the facility auspicious," Joseph Williams, then the facility's superintendent, told The Morning News in 2002. View Larger MapL. Dennis Kozlowski's former residence on 950 Fifth Avenue is 1.8 miles south of the Lincoln Correctional Facility. But the facility is a far cry from Mr. Kozlowski's palatial former residence on 950 Fifth Avenue, just 1.8 miles to the south. It was that 13-room Upper East Side apartment and its accoutrements - the $6,000 shower curtain, the Monet and Renoir paintings, the $15,000 umbrella stand - that stood out during Mr. Kozlowski's trial for essentially using Tyco as his own piggy bank, replete with outsized bonuses. Tyco sold its former chief's apartment in 2004 to James Dinan, the head of York Capital Management, for $21 million. Mr. Kozlowski was convicted in 2005 of grand larceny, conspiracy and fraud and sentenced to 8 and 1/3rd years to 25 years in prison. He was sent to the Mid-State Correctional Facility, a medium-security prison where Prisoner 05A3820 shared space with Alan D. Hevesi, the former New York state comptroller, and the rapper Ja Rule. So was Mark H. Swartz, Tyco's chief financial officer, who has followed his former boss to Mid-State and then Lincoln. At Mid-State, Mr. Kozlowski - "Koz" to his friend Ja Rule - took to helping former inmates, urging them to pursue higher education. "I was studying for my G.E.D. and Koz came in and talked to me and said, if you need any help, let me know," the rapper told The Daily News of New York. Ja Rule succeeded in getting the degree. His good behavior helped him qualify for the work-release program, in which Mr. Kozlowski can earn the right to shave one-sixth of his minimum sentence, or 1 year, 4 months and 22 days. Now Mr. Kozlowski calls 31 W. 110th Street, home for the time being. Founded in 1914 by the Hebrew Young Jewish Women's Association as a home for new immigrants, the building has had several owners, including the United States Army and the New Lincoln School. The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision bought the building in 1974 for about $550,000, turning the complex into a work-release center. Mr. Kozlowski began his work-release program on Feb. 15, leaving Lincoln weekday mornings for work. One of his lawyers told Bloomberg News was serving as a financial consultant for a nonprofit aimed at helping ex-convicts . "He's very happy to be out doing something that he has sort of dedicated himself to," the lawyer, Michael Shapiro, told the news service. Under the terms of Mr. Kozlowski's stay at Lincoln, he must return every weeknight, Ms. Foglia said. He can leave the facility on Saturdays, with a curfew of 10 p.m., but must return on Sundays. Mr. Kozlowski may not need to make himself too comfortable at Lincoln. His first parole hearing is in the first week of April, and he could be out on parole as soon as Aug. 25, Ms. Foglia said.