{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-33.30.901","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 33.30.901","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,\n(1) “center” means a correctional restitution center;\n(2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of corrections;\n(3) “community service” means work on projects designed to reduce or eliminate environmental damage, protect the public health, or improve public services, lands, forests, parks, roads, highways, facilities, or education; community service may not confer a private benefit on a person except as may be incidental to the public benefit;\n(4) “correctional facility” or “facility” means a prison, jail, camp, farm, half-way house, group home, or other placement designated by the commissioner for the custody, care, and discipline of prisoners; a “state correctional facility” means a correctional facility owned or run by the state;\n(5) “court” means the supreme court, the court of appeals, the superior court, the district or magistrate court, or a justice or judge of a court;\n(6) “crime against a person” means a crime as set out in AS 11.41, or a crime against a person in this or another jurisdiction having elements substantially identical to those of a crime as set out in AS 11.41;\n(7) “crime involving domestic violence” has the meaning given in AS 18.66.990;\n(8) “department” means the Department of Corrections;\n(9) “furlough” means an authorized leave of absence from actual confinement for a designated purpose and period of time;\n(10) “health care provider” means\n(A) a physician assistant licensed to practice in the state and working under the direct supervision of a licensed physician or psychiatrist;\n(B) a mental health professional as defined in AS 47.30.915; or\n(C) an advanced practice registered nurse as defined in AS 08.68.850;\n(11) “municipality” means a municipality authorized by law to establish a correctional facility;\n(12) “prisoner”\n(A) means a person held under authority of state law in official detention as defined in AS 11.81.900(b);\n(B) includes a minor committed to the custody of the commissioner when,\n(i) under AS 47.12.030, 47.12.065, or 47.12.100, the minor has been charged, prosecuted, or convicted as an adult; or\n(ii) under AS 47.12.160(e), the minor has been ordered transferred to the custody of the commissioner;\n(13) “sex offender or child kidnapper,” “sex offense,” and “child kidnapping” have the meanings given in AS 12.63.100;\n(14) “temporary commitment” means detention of a person for any period under authority of state law, but does not include confinement upon conviction and judgment of a court of this state;\n(15) “victim” has the meaning given in AS 12.55.185.","path":["Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners.","Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners.","Article 4. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#33.30.901","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:18:35Z","sha256":"49612d75778ec8e61c182594dacf163c75d3536d330682d847c12c35eb58adcf","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-33.30.300-33.30.900","next":"us-ak/as-33.35.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}