{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-7c-3","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 30:7C-3","heading":"Definitions","body":"ARTICLE II\nAs used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:\na.   \"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.\nb.   \"Sending state\"  means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had.\nc.   \"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.\nd.   \"Inmate\"  means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution.\ne.   \"Institution\"  means any penal or correctional facility, including but  not limited to a facility for the mentally ill or mentally defective, in which  inmates as defined in d. above may lawfully be confined.\nL.1973, c. 15.","path":["TITLE 30 INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"8fe9a93ab9a08ec011bdfddcd34953e4742793e52082749cda967c3884d02a9b","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-7c-2","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-7c-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}