13-2501. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Contraband" means any dangerous drug, narcotic drug, marijuana, intoxicating
liquor of any kind, deadly weapon, dangerous instrument, explosive, wireless
communication device, multimedia storage device or other article whose use or possession
would endanger the safety, security or preservation of order in a correctional facility
or a juvenile secure care facility as defined in section 41-2801, or of any person within
a correctional or juvenile secure care facility.
2. "Correctional facility" means any place used for the confinement or control of a
person:
(a) Charged with or convicted of an offense; or
(b) Held for extradition; or
(c) Pursuant to an order of court for law enforcement purposes.
Lawful transportation or movement incident to correctional facility confinement pursuant
to this paragraph is within the control of a correctional facility. For the purposes of
this chapter, being within the control of a correctional facility does not include
release on parole, on community supervision, on probation or by other lawful authority on
the condition of subsequent personal appearance at a designated place and time.
3. "Custody" means the imposition of actual or constructive restraint pursuant to
an on-site arrest or court order but does not include detention in a correctional
facility, juvenile detention center or state hospital.
4. "Escape" means departure from custody or from a juvenile secure care facility as
described in section 41-2816, a juvenile detention facility or an adult correctional
facility in which a person is held or detained with knowledge that such departure is
unpermitted or failure to return to custody or detention following a temporary leave
granted for a specific purpose or for a limited period.
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