7-32-2241. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Detention center" means a facility established and maintained by an appropriate entity for the purpose of confining arrested persons or persons sentenced to the detention center.
(2) "Detention center administrator" means the sheriff, chief of police, administrator, superintendent, director, or other individual serving as the chief executive officer of a detention center.
(3) "Detention center staff" means custodial personnel whose duties include ongoing supervision of the inmates in a detention center.
(4) "Inmate" means a person who is confined in a detention center.
(5) "Local government" means a city, town, county, or consolidated city-county government.
(6) "Multijurisdictional detention center" means a detention center established and maintained by two or more local governments for the confinement of persons arrested or sentenced to confinement or a local government detention center contracting to confine persons arrested or sentenced in other local governments.
(7) "Private detention center" means a detention center owned by private industry and leased to or operated under a contract with a local government.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 461, L. 1989.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
7-32-2202. Use of detention center in contiguous county
7-32-2203. Who may be confined in a detention center
7-32-2204. Maintenance of detention center
7-32-2205. Confinement of inmates
7-32-2207. Confinement of persons on civil process
7-32-2208. Actual confinement of inmates required
7-32-2211. Service of papers upon detention center administrator for inmate
7-32-2214. through 7-32-2220 reserved
7-32-2222. Health and safety of inmates
7-32-2224. Payment of medical costs by entities other than inmate
7-32-2225. County jail work program
7-32-2226. Operation of county jail work program
7-32-2227. Inmate eligibility for participation
7-32-2228. through 7-32-2230 reserved
7-32-2231. Purpose to allow private industry involvement
7-32-2232. Detention centers -- contracts with private parties
7-32-2233. Requests for contract proposals
7-32-2234. Powers of detention center administrators
7-32-2235. through 7-32-2240 reserved
7-32-2242. Use of detention center -- payment of costs
7-32-2243. Contracts for detention center services
7-32-2244. Detention of juveniles
7-32-2245. Payment of confinement and medical costs by inmate
7-32-2246. Temporary release from detention center
7-32-2247. Annoyance of inmate prohibited -- penalty
7-32-2248. Inmate endangerment -- penalty
7-32-2249. False claims by detention center administrator
7-32-2250. Liability for escape in civil actions
7-32-2251. through 7-32-2254 reserved