Texas Government Code 511.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 511.001
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
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.