{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-217","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 153A-217","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Unless otherwise clearly required by the context, the words and phrases defined in this section have the meanings indicated when used in this Part:\n(1)\t\"Commission\" means the Social Services Commission.\n(2)\t\"Secretary\" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.\n(3)\t\"Department\" means the Department of Health and Human Services.\n(4)\t\"Governing body\" means the governing body of a county or city or the policy-making body for a district or regional confinement facility.\n(5)\t\"Local confinement facility\" includes a county or city jail, a local lockup, a regional or district jail, a juvenile detention facility, a detention facility for adults operated by a local government, and any other facility operated by a local government for confinement of persons awaiting trial or serving sentences except that it shall not include a county satellite jail/work release unit governed by Part 3 of Article 10 of Chapter 153A.\n(6)\t\"Prisoner\" includes any person, adult or juvenile, confined or detained in a confinement facility.\n(7)\t\"Unit,\" \"unit of local government,\" or \"local government\" means a county or city. (1967, c. 581, s. 2; 1969, c. 981, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; c. 822, s. 1; 1987, c. 207, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 1998-202, s. 4(cc).)","path":["Chapter 153A. Counties.","Article 10. Law Enforcement and Confinement Facilities.","Part 2. Local Confinement Facilities."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_153A/GS_153A-217.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:24:07Z","sha256":"1f0520105dca5001a0dcf73af64448ca4151fcfde025a6ec73d27dbf979008e4","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-216","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-153a-218"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}