41-24-102 - Chapter definitions.
41-24-102. Chapter definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Commissioner means the commissioner of correction;
(2) Correctional services means the following functions, services and activities, when provided within a prison or otherwise:
(A) Education, training and jobs programs;
(B) Recreational, religious and other activities;
(C) Development and implementation assistance for classification, management information systems, or other information systems or services;
(D) Food services, commissary, medical services, transportation, sanitation or other ancillary services;
(E) Counseling, special treatment programs, or other programs for special needs; and
(F) Operation of facilities: including management, custody of inmates, security, and other associated services and activities;
(3) Department means the department of correction;
(4) Prison or facility means any adult institution operated by or under the authority of the department;
(5) Prison contractor or contractor means any entity entering a contractual agreement with the commissioner to provide correctional services to inmates under the custody of the department; and
(6) TDOC liaison means any person appointed by the commissioner to act as the commissioner's on-site designee so that powers and duties not delegable to the contractor shall be carried out with the authority of the state.
[Acts 1986, ch. 932, § 2; 2001, ch. 132, §§ 1, 2.]