As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
- (1) "Detention center" means a facility established and maintained by an appropriate entity for the purpose of confining arrested persons or persons sentenced to the detention center.
- (2) "Detention center administrator" means the sheriff, chief of police, administrator, superintendent, director, or other individual serving as the chief executive officer of a detention center.
- (3) "Detention center staff" means custodial personnel whose duties include ongoing supervision of the inmates in a detention center.
- (4) "Inmate" means a person who is confined in a detention center.
- (5) "Local government" means a city, town, county, or consolidated city-county government.
- (6) "Multijurisdictional detention center" means a detention center established and maintained by two or more local governments for the confinement of persons arrested or sentenced to confinement or a local government detention center contracting to confine persons arrested or sentenced in other local governments.
- (7) "Private detention center" means a detention center owned by private industry and leased to or operated under a contract with a local government.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 461, L. 1989.