Section 40. Definitions

As used in this article the following terms have
  the following meanings:
    1. "Commission" means the state commission of correction.
    2.  "Local  correctional  facility"  means  any  county  jail,  county
  penitentiary,  county  lockup,  city  jail, police station jail, town or
  village jail or lockup, court detention pen or hospital prison ward.
    3. "Correctional facility" means any institution operated by the state
  department of correctional services, any local correctional facility, or
  any place used, pursuant to a contract with the state or a municipality,
  for the detention of persons charged with or convicted of a  crime,  or,
  for  the purpose of this article only, a secure facility operated by the
  state division for youth.
    4. "Municipal official" means  (a)  the  sheriff  or,  where  a  local
  correctional  facility is under the jurisdiction of a county department,
  the head of such department, and clerk of the board of  supervisors,  in
  the  case  of  a  county  jail;  (b) the sheriff or other officer having
  custody or administrative jurisdiction and the clerk  of  the  board  of
  supervisors,  in the case of a county penitentiary; (c) the clerk of the
  board of supervisors in the case of a county lockup; (d) the  mayor  and
  the  city  clerk, in the case of a city jail or police station jail; (e)
  the supervisor and town clerk, in the case of a town jail or lockup; (f)
  the mayor and village clerk, in the case of a village  jail  or  lockup;
  (g)  the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county wherein located
  and the officer having custody or  control,  in  the  case  of  a  court
  detention pen or a hospital prison ward.
    5. "Board" means the correction medical review board.
    6. "Council" means the citizen's policy and complaint review council.