For the purposes of § 1-15-20 and chapter 1-27, an inmate is any person, adult, or juvenile, who has been sentenced or committed to or placed in a facility or program under the control of the Department of Corrections pursuant to § 1-15-1.4.

Source: SL 1995, ch 3 , § 1A; SL 2009, ch 10 , § 20.