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.
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