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  "text": "As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:\n\n(1) \"Inmate\" means a male or female offender who is committed under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution.\n\n(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.\n\n(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.\n\n(4) \"Sending state\" means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had.\n\n(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.",
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      "name": "PRISONS AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS"
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