2011 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 34-A: CORRECTIONS
Chapter 9: INTERSTATE COMPACTS
34-A §9402. Definitions--Article II
Subchapter 3: INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT
§9402. Definitions--Article II
As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: [1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).]
1. Inmate. "Inmate" means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution;
[ 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW) .]
2. Institution. "Institution" means any penal or correctional facility, including, but not limited to, a facility for the mentally ill or mentally defective, in which inmates, as defined in subsection 1, may lawfully be confined;
[ 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW) .]
3. Receiving state. "Receiving state" means a state party to this compact to which an inmate is sent for confinement other than a state in which conviction or court commitment was had;
[ 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW) .]
4. Sending state. "Sending state" means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had; and
[ 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW) .]
5. State. "State" means a state of the United States, the United States of America, a territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
[ 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).
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