§ 8-603. Definitions

   (a) In general. -- As used in this Compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) Inmate. -- "Inmate" means a male or female offender who is committed to, under sentence to, or confined in a penal or correctional institution.

(c) 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 may lawfully be confined.

(d) 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.

(e) Sending state. -- "Sending state" means a state party to this Compact in which conviction or court commitment was had.

(f) 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.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 41, § 4-1202; 1999, ch. 54, § 2.