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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arizona Revised Statutes Title 31. Prisons and Prisoners § 31-331. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/az/title-31-prisons-and-prisoners/az-rev-st-sect-31-331/
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