{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-4-30","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 42-4-30","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article, the term:\n(1) “Detention facility” means a municipal or county jail used for the detention of persons charged with or convicted of either a felony, a misdemeanor, or a municipal offense.\n(2) “Inmate” means a person who is detained in a detention facility by reason of being charged with or convicted of a felony, a misdemeanor, or a municipal offense.\n(3) “Officer in charge” means the sheriff, if the detention facility is under his supervision, or the warden, captain, or superintendent having the supervision of any other detention facility.","path":["TITLE 42 Penal Institutions","CHAPTER 4 Jails","Article 2 Conditions of Detention"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.42.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"f5a38e8f436b8c389c203208f2a6f252fa6eb247d88efa4833b08364c4261c1f","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-4-15","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-42-4-31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}