As used in this article the following terms have the following meanings:
- 1. "Commission" means the state commission of correction.
- 2. "Local correctional facility" means any jail, penitentiary, state, county or municipal lockup, court detention pen, hospital prison ward or specialized secure juvenile detention facility for older youth.
- 3. "Correctional facility" means any institution operated by the state department of corrections and community supervision, any local correctional facility, or any place used, pursuant to a contract with the state or a municipality, for the detention of persons charged with or convicted of a crime, or, for the purpose of this article only, a secure facility operated by the office of children and family services.
- 4. "Municipal official" means (a) the sheriff or, where a local correctional facility is under the jurisdiction of a county department, the head of such department, and clerk of the board of supervisors, in the case of a county jail; (b) the sheriff or other officer having custody or administrative jurisdiction and the clerk of the board of supervisors, in the case of a county penitentiary; (c) the clerk of the board of supervisors in the case of a county lockup; (d) the mayor and the city clerk, in the case of a city jail or lockup; (e) the supervisor and town clerk, in the case of a town lockup; (f) the mayor and village clerk, in the case of a village lockup; (g) the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county wherein located and the officer having custody or control, in the case of a court detention pen or a hospital prison ward.
- 5. "Board" means the correction medical review board.
- 6. "Council" means the citizen's policy and complaint review council.