{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-correction-law-102","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Correction Law § 102","heading":"Definitions","body":"§ 102. Definitions. As used in this compact, unless the context\nclearly requires otherwise:\n  (a) \"State\" means a state of the United States; the United States of\nAmerica; a territory or possession of the United States; the District of\nColumbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.\n  (b) \"Sending state\" means a state party to this compact in which\nconviction or court commitment was had.\n  (c) \"Receiving state\" means a state party to this compact to which an\nincarcerated individual is sent for confinement other than a state in\nwhich conviction or court commitment was had.\n  (d) \"Incarcerated individual\" means a male or female offender who is\ncommitted, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional\ninstitution.\n  (e) \"Institution\" means any penal or correctional facility, including\nbut not limited to a facility for the mentally ill or mentally\ndefective, in which incarcerated individuals as defined in subdivision\n(d) of this section may lawfully be confined.","path":["Correction Law","Article 5-A. Interstate Corrections Compact"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/COR/102","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"b8571371d17266aef96e51c5019c7a227b6939474025a5895c02b110e1c62552","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-correction-law-101","next":"us-ny/n.y.-correction-law-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}