Title 11, TITLE 11. CORRECTIONS

correctional facilities to programs Sec. 10. Claims for payment for supplies and services furnished by the correctional facilities to the industry and farm programs during the applicable accounting period in the operation of offender employment programs established in those facil…

employment of offenders Sec. 11. The department may contract with private persons or businesses, or governmental agencies and political subdivisions of the state, for the management of any industry and farm program or activity operated for the employment of offenders. As added by…

Sec. 12. An offender employed in accordance with this chapter is subject to IC 22-2-5-3 and IC 22-2-9-8. As added by P.L.223-2013, SEC.3.

administration; recycling programs Sec. 2. (a) The department shall establish, maintain, and operate industry and farm programs for offenders designed to equip the participant with a marketable skill which will provide to the participant a means of earning a livelihood upon the p…

Sec. 3. (a) A confined person may be required to keep his own living quarters clean and orderly. (b) A confined offender may be required to: (1) perform general maintenance work and assist in providing other services essential to the administration of the facility or program; and…

As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.49-1997, SEC.86.

Sec. 5. Goods produced in whole or in part by committed persons in this state may be sold on the open market. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.

review; revenues Sec. 6. (a) The industry and farm products revolving fund is established. The department shall: (1) annually review the revolving fund for the purpose of determining whether the current level is adequate to meet the expenditures required to sustain offender emplo…

allocation; records; annual budget Sec. 7. The department shall: (1) request the state budget agency to allocate, as needed, funds from the revolving fund for the cost of operating the department's industry and farm programs for offender employment; (2) keep complete records show…

remaining cash assets Sec. 8. Any cash assets in excess of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) remaining in the industry and farm products revolving fund at the close of any fiscal year shall be paid into a special fund to be used for capital expenditures for t…

used in manufacturing or processing goods Sec. 9. Upon the request of a state department, agency, or institution and with the approval of the state budget agency, funds appropriated to that department, agency, or institution for goods to be furnished by the department of correcti…

Sec. 1. (a) The department shall adopt policies and procedures for the protection of committed persons, including: (1) the monitoring of committed persons whose presence in the general population of a facility or program constitutes a threat of physical danger to other persons; (…

correction of conditions; authority of Indiana department of health and fire marshal Sec. 2. (a) The facilities of the department must comply with federal and state health, sanitation, safety, and fire laws applicable to dwellings, food establishments, eating facilities, and publ…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to delinquent offenders. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.6.

Sec. 2. The department shall adopt, under IC 4-22-2, a procedure whereby a committed delinquent offender may be released on parole before the time when he must be unconditionally discharged from his commitment. The procedure must be consistent with this chapter and include: (1) t…

statement of conditions on release Sec. 3. (a) In determining whether parole will be granted or denied to an offender who is eligible for release on parole, the department shall afford the offender before that determination: (1) reasonable, advance written notice of the fact that…

certification of discharge Sec. 4. (a) An offender released on parole remains on parole until he reaches twenty-one (21) years of age, unless his parole is revoked or he is discharged before that time by the department. The department may discharge him from his commitment any tim…

Sec. 5. The department shall supervise and assist offenders on parole. Its duties in this regard include: (1) establishing methods and procedures in the administration of parole, including investigation, supervision, workloads, recordkeeping, and reporting; (2) assisting offender…

Sec. 5.5. (a) This section shall not be construed to limit victims' rights granted by IC 35-40 or any other law. (b) As used in this section, "sex offense" refers to a sex offense described in IC 11-8-8-5. (c) As used in this section, "victim" means a person who has suffered dire…

employee not considered law enforcement officer Sec. 6. (a) An employee of the department assigned to supervise and assist parolees may: (1) execute warrants issued by the department; (2) serve orders, subpoenas, and notices issued by the department; (3) conduct investigations ne…

appear; warrant for arrest and confinement Sec. 7. (a) If the department believes that a parolee has violated a condition of his parole, it may initiate parole revocation proceedings by: (1) issuing an order for the parolee to appear for a revocation hearing on the alleged violat…

Sec. 8. (a) Upon the arrest and confinement of a parolee for an alleged violation of a condition of parole, a person other than the one who reported or investigated the alleged violation or who recommended revocation shall hold a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is …

or custodian; dismissal; violation of condition; statement of reasons for action taken; dismissal for delay Sec. 9. (a) A parolee confined due to an alleged violation of his parole shall be afforded a parole revocation hearing by the department within sixty (60) days after his ar…

Sec. 1. As used in the chapter, "registered crime victim" refers to a crime victim who registers to receive victim notification services under section 2(a)(3) of this chapter if the department establishes an automated victim notification system under this chapter. As added by P.L…

Sec. 2. (a) The department shall establish an automated victim notification system that must do the following: (1) Automatically notify a registered crime victim when a committed offender who committed the crime against the victim: (A) is assigned to a: (i) department facility; o…

Sec. 3. (a) The department must ensure that the offender information contained in an automated victim notification system is updated frequently enough to timely notify a registered crime victim that an offender has: (1) been released; (2) been discharged; or (3) escaped. (b) The …

Sec. 4. If the department establishes an automated victim notification system under this chapter, the department, in cooperation with the Indiana criminal justice institute: (1) may use money in the victim and witness assistance fund under IC 5-2-6-14(e); and (2) shall seek: (A) …

Sec. 5. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.64-2005, SEC.4.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to criminal offenders. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.

establishment; lease of land and improvements Sec. 2. (a) The commissioner may establish programs for the employment of offenders by private persons. In establishing these programs, the commissioner may enter into agreements with any private person under which that person establi…

employment on voluntary basis; unemployment compensation Sec. 3. (a) Any agreement entered into between the commissioner and a private person under this chapter must provide that an offender employed by a private person under this chapter will be paid at least the prevailing wage…

established under this chapter Sec. 4. A commercial or agricultural enterprise established under this chapter is a private enterprise subject to laws governing the operation of similar enterprises in Indiana. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.

Sec. 5. (a) The earnings of an offender employed under this chapter shall be surrendered to the department. This amount shall be distributed in the following order: (1) Not less than twenty percent (20%) of the offender's gross earnings to be given to the offender or retained by …

prepare and file legal papers Sec. 1. The department shall afford a confined person reasonable access to legal materials to enable him to research legal matters and prepare and file legal papers. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.4.

correspondence Sec. 2. The department shall provide an indigent confined person with free stationery, envelopes, postage, and notarial services for legal correspondence. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.4.

Sec. 1. A community corrections home detention fund is established in each county where supervision of home detention ordered under IC 35-38-1-21 is provided by a community corrections program. As added by P.L.98-1988, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. The fund consists of: (1) home detention user fees deposited into the fund under IC 35-38-2.5-8; (2) home detention supervision grants to the community corrections program made by the department under IC 11-12-2-1 for the purpose of funding supervision of home detention b…

Sec. 3. A community corrections program that provides supervision of home detention under IC 35-38-2.5-5 shall annually submit a budget of its operating expenses for home detention supervision to the fiscal body of the county. Based on the budget submitted, the fiscal body of the…

Sec. 4. Money in a community corrections home detention fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to any other fund. As added by P.L.98-1988, SEC.1.

As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.244. Repealed by P.L.63-2012, SEC.15.

Sec. 0.2. The amendments made to IC 5-2-12-4, IC 5-2-12-9, and IC 5-2-12-12 (before their repeal) by P.L.33-1996 apply to a child who is adjudicated a delinquent child after June 30, 1996, for an act that would be an offense described in IC 5-2-12-4(1) (before its repeal), as ame…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "correctional facility" has the meaning set forth in IC 5-1.2-2. As added by P.L.140-2006, SEC.13 and P.L.173-2006, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.189-2018, SEC.105.

Sec. 1.2. As used in this chapter, "electronic chat room username" means an identifier that allows a person to communicate over the Internet in real time using typed text. As added by P.L.119-2008, SEC.1. IC 11-8-8-1.4 "Electronic mail address" Sec. 1.4. As used in this chapter, …

Sec. 1.6. As used in this chapter, "instant messaging username" means an identifier that allows a person to communicate over the Internet in real time using typed text. As added by P.L.119-2008, SEC.3.

Sec. 1.8. As used in this chapter, "social networking web site username" means an identifier or profile that allows a person to create, use, or modify a social networking web site, as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-307. As added by P.L.119-2008, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.85-2017, SEC.43.

Investigation Sec. 10. Notwithstanding any other law, upon receiving a sex or violent offender's fingerprints from a correctional facility, the state police shall immediately send the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. As added by P.L.140-2006, SEC.13 and P.L.17…

notify; updates Sec. 11. (a) If a sex or violent offender who is required to register under this chapter changes: (1) principal residence address; or (2) if section 7(a)(2) or 7(a)(3) of this chapter applies, the place where the sex or violent offender stays in Indiana; the sex o…

Sec. 12. (a) As used in this section, "temporary residence" means a residence: (1) that is established to provide transitional housing for a person without another residence; and (2) in which a person is not typically permitted to reside for more than thirty (30) days in a sixty …

Sec. 13. (a) To verify a sex or violent offender's current residence, the local law enforcement authority having jurisdiction over the area of the sex or violent offender's current principal address or location shall do the following: (1) Contact each offender in a manner approve…

predators; registration and photographs Sec. 14. (a) This subsection does not apply to a sex or violent offender who is a sexually violent predator. In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, a sex or violent offender who is required to register under this chapter sha…