---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1637.2"
title: "45"
number: "1637.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1637.2"
---

# §1637.2. Definitions.

- (a) Incarcerated means the involuntary physical restraint of a person who has been arrested for or convicted of a crime.
- (b) Federal, State or local prison means any penal facility maintained under governmental authority.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e); Pub. L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009; Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 19422, Apr. 21, 1997, unless otherwise noted.