North Dakota Century Code Title 54. State Government § 54-23.3-01.1. Definitions

1. “Director” means the director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation. The director may designate officers of the department to assist in carrying out the director's duties.

2. “Inmate” means an offender who the district court has committed to the legal and physical custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation and who is confined in the North Dakota state penitentiary or its affiliated facilities or is confined in another state's correctional facility, a federal correctional facility, a county correctional facility or regional corrections center, a private correctional facility, or has been placed in a community placement program, treatment facility, or transitional center by the department.

3. “Juvenile offender” means an offender who is supervised by an officer of the juvenile court or has been adjudicated unruly or delinquent by the juvenile court and placed in the custody of the division of juvenile services.

4. “Offender” means a person who has been committed to the legal and physical custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation, or placed under the supervision and management of the department by a district court, by the parole board, or through the interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders.

5. “Parolee” means an offender who has been placed under the supervision and management of the department of corrections and rehabilitation by the parole board or through the interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders.

6. “Probationer” means an offender who has been placed under the supervision and management of the department of corrections and rehabilitation by a district court or through the interstate compact for the supervision of adult offenders.