Sec. 2. As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
"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.
"Sending state" means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had.
"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.
"Inmate" means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution.
"Institution" means a penal or correctional facility, including but not limited to, a facility for individuals with a mental illness in which inmates may lawfully be confined.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.99-2007, SEC.38.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction
Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact
11-8-4-1. Declaration of Policy; Purpose
11-8-4-3. Contracts With Other States; Contents
11-8-4-5. Inspection of Facilities; Visiting Inmates in Institutions
11-8-4-6. Inmates Subject to Jurisdiction of Sending State
11-8-4-7. Reports on Inmates by Receiving State; Review
11-8-4-8. Humane Treatment of Inmates
11-8-4-9. Hearings; Facilities; Governing Law of Sending State; Records
11-8-4-10. Place of Release of Inmate; Cost of Return
11-8-4-12. Rights of Parent, Guardian, Trustee, or Other Persons
11-8-4-13. Finality of Decisions of Sending State in Respect of Any Matter
11-8-4-17. Withdrawal From Compact
11-8-4-18. Effect of Compact on Agreements or Arrangements With Nonparty State
11-8-4-19. Construction; Severability
11-8-4-20. Authority of Commissioner to Carry Out Compact; Delegation of Authority