Vermont § 3 - General definitions As used in this title:

§ 3. General definitions As used in this title:

• (1) “Child” means any person: (A) charged with having committed a delinquent act as defined in 33 V.S.A. § 5102 or adjudicated a delinquent and committed to the custody of the Commissioner; or (B) charged with being or adjudicated unmanageable as defined by 33 V.S.A. § 5102(3)(C) and (D), and committed to the custody of the Commissioner for Children and Families
  and subsequently transferred to the custody of the Commissioner. (C) [Repealed.] (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Corrections. (3) “Correctional facility” or “facility” means any building, enclosure, space, or structure
  of or supported by the Department and used for the confinement of persons committed
  to the custody of the Commissioner, or for any other matter related to such confinement. (4) “Department” means the Department of Corrections. (5) “Inmate” means any person, not a child, committed to the custody of the Commissioner
  pursuant to the law of the State and subsequently committed to a correctional facility
  and any person confined at a correctional facility during the pendency of a prosecution
  against him or her. (6) “Law” includes the laws and ordinances of the State, its political subdivisions, and
  municipalities. (7) “Law enforcement officer” means a State Police officer, a sheriff, a deputy sheriff,
  a municipal police officer, a constable, the Commissioner, or a member of the Department
  of Corrections when appointed in writing by the Commissioner and when his or her appointment
  is filed in the Office of the Secretary of State