P.R. Laws tit. 4, § 1281

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§ 1281. Definitions

The following terms wherever used or referred to in this chapter, except where incompatible with the purposes hereof, shall mean:

(a) Administration. — The Corrections Administration.

(b) Administrator. — The Correctional Administrator.

(c) Correctional population, members of the correctional population or member of the correctional population. — Any person placed under the jurisdiction of the Corrections Administration by authority of law.

(d) Institution or Institutions. — Any structure or place, under the jurisdiction of the Corrections Administration, where the members of the correctional population are confined.

(e) Director. — The Director of the Corrections Administration Transportation Office.

(f) Office. — Is the Transportation Office for members of the Correctional Administration.

(g) Indicted person. — Any person placed under the custody of the Corrections Administration by virtue of a judicial order or decision.

(h) Person. — Includes indicted and convicted persons who have been placed in the custody of the Corrections Administration by virtue of authority of law.

(i) Classification, Diagnosis and Treatment Center or Center. — Includes every facility or dependency of the Classification, Diagnosis or Treatment Center located in any region of Puerto Rico.

History —July 22, 1974, No. 116, Part 1, p. 501, § 54; July 10, 1978, No. 21, p. 420, § 1; Aug. 20, 1996, No. 155, § 3; Jan. 4, 2000, No. 4, § 2; July 18, 2001, No. 60, § 29; renumbered as § 59 on Oct. 31, 2004, No. 151, § 15.