Crew III, J.
In February 1994, defendant was an inmate at Elmira Correctional Facility in Chemung County, where he was accused of possessing an eight-inch long, sharpened metal rod. Defendant was subsequently convicted of the crime of promoting prison contraband in the first degree and sentenced to a term of 3 to 6 years' imprisonment to run consecutively to the term he had been serving at the time this judgment was rendered. Defendant appeals.
Defendant contends that his conviction must be reversed because the court stenographer failed to record the jury voir dire. The Judiciary Law provides that in a jury trial, the stenographer is to record the testimony and all other proceedings "when requested so to do by either party" (Judiciary Law § 295). Inasmuch as defense counsel failed to request that the voir dire be stenographically recorded, the absence thereof does not constitute reversible error ( see, People v. Begg, 86 A.D.2d 693; see also, People v. Harrison, 85 N.Y.2d 794, 796; People v. Collins, 70 A.D.2d 986; cf., People v. Glass, 43 N.Y.2d 283, 286-287; People v. Fleming, 221 A.D.2d 287; People v Cameron, 219 A.D.2d 662).
We also reject defendant's contention that his conviction must be reversed on double jeopardy grounds because he was subjected to both a prison disciplinary hearing and a criminal action arising out of the same charges. This Court has held that a prison disciplinary hearing cannot serve as the basis for a claim of double jeopardy in the context of a subsequent criminal action ( see, People v. Nunez, 186 A.D.2d 317, 318, lv denied 81 N.Y.2d 765; People v. Frye, 144 A.D.2d 714, lv denied 73 N.Y.2d 891).
We have examined defendant's remaining contentions and find them to be without merit.
Cardona, P.J., White, Casey and Peters, JJ., concur. Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.