9 GCA § 83.15: Definitions.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this Section govern the construction of this Chapter:

(a) Board means the Territorial Parole Board.

(b) Department means the Department of Corrections.

(c) Director means the Director of the Department of Corrections.

(d) Youth offender means a person of at least eighteen years of age and under the age of twenty-five at the time of conviction. It also means any person certified by the juvenile court for prosecution under 19 GCA § 5105. It shall not mean a person convicted on an offense punishable by life imprisonment.

(e) Committed youth offender is one committed for treatment hereunder to the custody of the Director pursuant to Subsection (b) of § 83.35.

(f) Treatment means corrective and preventive guidance and training designed to protect the public by correcting the antisocial tendencies of youth offenders.

(g) Conviction means the judgment on a verdict or finding of guilty or a plea of guilty, or a plea of nolo contendere.