{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-15-772","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 15:772","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:\n(1) \"Inmate\" means a male or female offender who is committed under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution.\n(2) \"Institution\" means any penal or correctional facility, including but not limited to a facility for persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability, in which inmates as defined in this Section may lawfully be confined.\n(3) \"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.\n(4) \"Sending state\" means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had.\n(5) \"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, and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.","path":["TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1106700","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:52:35Z","sha256":"fb1aebcf22c4dd867d72ba4c58a3a7ad35f80ceb86effc905683d349660a0060","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-15-771","next":"us-la/rs-15-773"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}