31-331. Definitions


In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:


1. "Court" means a justice of the peace, town magistrate, city magistrate, superior
court commissioner or superior court judge.


2. "Detention facility" means any jail or other place of detention of persons
charged with or convicted of a crime, including town, city, county, or regional
facilities.


3. "Employment" includes vocational training and other educational and
rehabilitative activities, whether or not for compensation.


4. "Local governing board" means town council, city council or board of
supervisors, or any combination thereof.


5. "Prisoner" means a person incarcerated in a detention facility who has been
charged with or convicted of a misdemeanor, or a person incarcerated for nonpayment of a
fine, for contempt or as a condition of probation for any criminal offense.


6. "Work furlough administrator" means a probation officer, sheriff, or other
person authorized by the local governing board to perform the functions of the work
furlough administrator.