RS 15:772 - Definitions As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) 'Inmate' means a male or female offender who is committed under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution. (2) 'Institution' means any penal or correctional facility, including but not limited to a facility for persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability, in which inmates as defined in this Section may lawfully be confined. (3) '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. (4) 'Sending state' means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had. (5) '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, and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Acts 2018, No. 440, §1.
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