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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-84 (2025)

“Inmate” and “prisoner” defined

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The terms “inmate” and “prisoner”, as used in this title and sections 54-125 to 54-129, inclusive, and 54-131, include any person in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction or confined in any institution or facility of the Department of Correction until released from such custody or control, including any person on parole.

(1967, P.A. 152, S. 12; P.A. 79-194; 79-631, S. 14, 111; P.A. 82-472, S. 154, 183.)

History: P.A. 79-194 deleted reference to Sec. 17-194a and replaced “sentenced or transferred to” with “in the custody of the commissioner ... or confined in” any institution or facility; P.A. 79-631 made technical changes; P.A. 82-472 removed the reference to Sec. 17-246.

Cited. 45 CS 57.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1996–2025 · leading case: Wiseman v. Armstrong, 850 A.2d 114 (Conn. 2004).
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Wiseman v. Armstrong, 850 A.2d 114 (Conn. 2004). · cites it 2× “Under those statutes, before the aforementioned rights may be denied to an individual involuntarily, the court must set a hearing and give the subject individual notice of, inter alia, the time and place of the hearing, the facts alleged in the application for involuntary…”
Magee v. Comm'r of Corr., 937 A.2d 72 (Conn. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 2× “As a fundamental observation, inmates or prisoners are “in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction or confined in any institution or facility of the Department of Correction until released from such custody or control, including any person on parole.”
State v. Webber, 315 A.3d 320 (Conn. App. Ct. 2024). · cites it 2× “) Given the definition in § 1-1 (w), and the other authorities cited by the acquittee; see footnote 8 of this opinion; the acquittee’s interpretation is not unreasonable when the phrase ‘‘jail or prison time’’ is read in isolation from the remaining language in § 54-255 (c) (5)…”
State of Connecticut-Unified Sch. Dist. 1 v. State Dep't of Educ., 700 A.2d 1077 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1996). · cites it 3× “to 1977) § 18-84 defined the terms “inmate” and “prisoner,” wherever those terms are used in the General Statutes, as “any person sentenced or transferred to any institution of the department.”
Coleman v. Comm'r of Corr., 231 Conn. App. 223 (Conn. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 3× “’’ 6 General Statutes § 1-1 (w) provides that ‘‘ ‘Correctional institution’, ‘state prison’, ‘community correctional center’ or ‘jail’ means a correctional facility administered by the Commissioner of Correction.”
Jones v. Schortman, No. 3:22-cv-01512 (D. Conn. June 23, 2023). · cites it 4× “See Felix-Tores v. Graham, 521 F. Supp. 2d 157, 164 (N.D.N.”
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