In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,

(1) “center” means a correctional restitution center;

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 33.30.901

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • municipality: means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(2) “commissioner” means the commissioner of corrections;
(3) “community service” means work on projects designed to reduce or eliminate environmental damage, protect the public health, or improve public services, lands, forests, parks, roads, highways, facilities, or education; community service may not confer a private benefit on a person except as may be incidental to the public benefit;
(4) “correctional facility” or “facility” means a prison, jail, camp, farm, half-way house, group home, or other placement designated by the commissioner for the custody, care, and discipline of prisoners; a “state correctional facility” means a correctional facility owned or run by the state;
(5) “court” means the supreme court, the court of appeals, the superior court, the district or magistrate court, or a justice or judge of a court;
(6) “crime against a person” means a crime as set out in Alaska Stat. Chapter 11.41, or a crime against a person in this or another jurisdiction having elements substantially identical to those of a crime as set out in Alaska Stat. Chapter 11.41;
(7) “crime involving domestic violence” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 18.66.990;
(8) “department” means the Department of Corrections;
(9) “furlough” means an authorized leave of absence from actual confinement for a designated purpose and period of time;
(10) “health care provider” means

(A) a physician assistant licensed to practice in the state and working under the direct supervision of a licensed physician or psychiatrist;
(B) a mental health professional as defined in Alaska Stat. § 47.30.915; or
(C) an advanced practice registered nurse as defined in Alaska Stat. § 08.68.850;
(11) “municipality” means a municipality authorized by law to establish a correctional facility;
(12) “prisoner”

(A) means a person held under authority of state law in official detention as defined in Alaska Stat. § 11.81.900(b);
(B) includes a minor committed to the custody of the commissioner when,

(i) under Alaska Stat. § 47.12.030, 47.12.065, or 47.12.100, the minor has been charged, prosecuted, or convicted as an adult; or
(ii) under Alaska Stat. § 47.12.160(e), the minor has been ordered transferred to the custody of the commissioner;
(13) “sex offender or child kidnapper,” “sex offense,” and “child kidnapping” have the meanings given in Alaska Stat. § 12.63.100;
(14) “temporary commitment” means detention of a person for any period under authority of state law, but does not include confinement upon conviction and judgment of a court of this state;
(15) “victim” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 12.55.185.
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