Part Definitions

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Correctional Institutions and Inmates
  4. Inmates
  5. Lawsuits by Inmates
  6. Part Definitions

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As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

  1. “Claim” means any lawsuit or appeal filed by an inmate except a petition for post-conviction relief;
  2. “Commissioner” means the commissioner of correction;
  3. “Department” means the department of correction;
  4. “Inmate” means a person housed in a facility operated by the department, housed in a county jail or housed in a correctional facility operated by a private corporation pursuant to a contract with the state or local government; and
  5. “Trust account” means an inmate's trust account administered by the department or by a county jail.


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