N.Y. Correction Law Section 102
Definitions

As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(a)

“State” means a state of the United States; the United States of America; a territory or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(b)

“Sending state” means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had.

(c)

“Receiving state” means a state party to this compact to which an incarcerated individual is sent for confinement other than a state in which conviction or court commitment was had.

(d)

“Incarcerated individual” means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution.

(e)

“Institution” means any penal or correctional facility, including but not limited to a facility for the mentally ill or mentally defective, in which incarcerated individuals as defined in subdivision (d) of this section may lawfully be confined.

Source: Section 102 — Definitions, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/COR/102 (updated Sep. 3, 2021; accessed Apr. 2, 2025).

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