Section 8-603 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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. 
 

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