Definitions

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  • As used in this chapter:
    • (a) “Adult” means a person eighteen years of age or older, or a juvenile transferred from the Family Division to a Court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to section 2508 of this title, and committed to the custody of the Bureau of Corrections for incarceration and the service of sentence.

    • (b) “Bureau” means the Bureau of Corrections in section 4503(a).

    • (c) “Juvenile”, “minor”, or “youthful” means a person less than eighteen years of age.

    • (d) “Offender” means any person convicted of a crime or offense under the laws of the Virgin Islands.

    • (e) “Institution” means a prison, penitentiary, jail, workhouse, training school, or other facility operated by the Government of the Virgin Islands for the correction of offenders.

    • (f) “Detention” means the temporary care of juveniles and adults who require secure custody for their own or the community's protection in a physically restricting facility.

    • (g) “Director” means the Director of the Bureau of Corrections.

    • (h) “Halfway house” means a community based and oriented facility which may provide “live-in” accommodations for offenders who are assisted to obtain and hold regular employment; to enroll in and maintain academic courses; to participate in vocational training programs; to utilize the resources of the community in meeting their personal and family needs; and to participate in whatever specialized programs exist within the halfway house.

    • (i) “Professional employee” means any employee whose work is predominantly intellectual and varied in character; requires consistent exercise of discretion and judgment; requires knowledge of an advanced nature in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by prolonged study in an institution of higher learning; or is of such character that the output or result accomplished cannot be standardized in relation to a given period of time; and who is compensated for his services on a salary or fee basis.

    • (j) [Deleted.]


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