Section 511.001 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Commission on Jail Standards.(2) "Correctional facility" means a facility operated by a county, a municipality, or a private vendor for the confinement of a person arrested for, charged with, or convicted of a criminal offense.(3) "County jail" means a facility operated by or for a county for the confinement of persons accused or convicted of an offense.(4) "Executive director" means the executive director of the commission.(5) "Federal prisoner" means a person arrested for, charged with, or convicted of a violation of a federal law.(6) "Inmate" means a person arrested for, charged with, or convicted of a criminal offense of this state or another state of the United States and confined in a county jail, a municipal jail, or a correctional facility operated by a county, a municipality, or a private vendor.(7) "Prisoner" means a person confined in a county jail.Tex. Gov't. Code § 511.001
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 259, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1997.Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 212, Sec. 2.01, eff. 9/1/1989.