41-21-801 - Part definitions.
41-21-801. Part definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Claim means any lawsuit or appeal filed by an inmate except a petition for post-conviction relief;
(2) Commissioner means the commissioner of correction;
(3) Department means the department of correction;
(4) Inmate means a person housed in a facility operated by the department, housed in a county jail, or housed in a correctional facility operated by a private corporation pursuant to a contract with the state or local government; and
(5) Trust account means an inmate's trust account administered by the department or by a county jail.
[Acts 1996, ch. 913, § 1; 2001, ch. 76, § 1.]