N.Y. Correction Law § 102: Definitions

§ 102. Definitions. As used in this compact, unless the context

clearly requires otherwise:

(a) "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; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(b) "Sending state" means a state party to this compact in which

conviction or court commitment was had.

(c) "Receiving state" means a state party to this compact to which an

incarcerated individual is sent for confinement other than a state in

which conviction or court commitment was had.

(d) "Incarcerated individual" means a male or female offender who is

committed, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional

institution.

(e) "Institution" means any penal or correctional facility, including

but not limited to a facility for the mentally ill or mentally

defective, in which incarcerated individuals as defined in subdivision

(d) of this section may lawfully be confined.