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37 Pa. Code § 91.1. Definitions.

§ 91.1. Definitions.

 The following words and terms, when used in this subpart, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

   Board—Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole.

   Community corrections center—A minimum-security community-oriented facility operated or contracted by the Department for the purpose of facilitating special programs.

   Contraband—Material listed as contraband in 18 Pa.C.S. § §  5122 and 5123 (relating to weapons or implements for escape; and contraband), the Department of Corrections Inmate Handbook, or any Department document that is disseminated to inmates, such as material that an inmate is prohibited from possessing or material that an inmate is permitted to possess that has been altered or is being used for something other than its intended purpose.

   Department—The Department of Corrections.

   Department of Corrections Inmate Handbook—A document that is to be disseminated to inmates that contains all rules that an inmate shall follow to avoid discipline. It is updated through dissemination of written materials to inmates that describe the rule change when a change is made, or by dissemination of a revised handbook.

   Diagnostic and classification center—Facilities designated to receive and classify persons who have been committed to the custody of the Department.

   Facility—An institution, motivational boot camp or community corrections center operated or contracted by the Department.

   Facility manager—The chief administrator of a facility, that is, the superintendent of an institution, the commander of a motivational boot camp or the director of a community corrections center.

   Inmate—A person committed to the custody of or confined by the Department.

   Resident—An inmate assigned to a community corrections center.

   Secretary—The Secretary of the Department.

Authority

   The provisions of this §  91.1 amended under section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §  186).

Source

   The provisions of this §  91.1 amended December 21, 2001, effective December 22, 2001, 31 Pa.B. 6932; amended April 15, 2005, effective April 16, 2005, 35 Pa.B. 2279. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (286419) to (286420).



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