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urn: urn:us-la:rs:15:772
citation: "R.S. 15:772"
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breadcrumb: "Title 15 › Chapter 7 › Part II-A"
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# 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.