Title 11, CORRECTIONS

Sec. 10. All rules adopted by the department and in effect on October 1, 1980, continue in effect until amended or repealed by the department, according to IC 4-22-2, under rule-making authority given to the department under this article. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.

Sec. 11. (a) The corrections drug abuse fund is established. The department shall administer the fund. Expenditures from the fund may be made only in accordance with appropriations made by the general assembly. (b) The department may use money from the fund to provide drug abuse …

Sec. 12. Each child and surviving spouse of a hazardous duty employee of the department who: (1) works within a prison or juvenile facility; or (2) performs parole or emergency response operations and functions; and dies in the line of duty is eligible for an educational costs ex…

Sec. 12.4. The department shall do the following: (1) Maintain the Indiana sex and violent offender registry established under IC 36-2-13-5.5. The department shall ensure that a sex offender's Social Security number remains unavailable to the public. (2) Prescribe and approve a f…

Sec. 13. (a) The Indiana sex and violent offender registry established under IC 36-2-13-5.5 and maintained by the department under section 12.4 of this chapter must include the names of each offender who is or has been required to register under IC 11-8-8. (b) The department shal…

Sec. 14. (a) The correctional professionals assistance fund of Indiana is established to provide monetary assistance, including tuition assistance, to a correctional employee or the family member of a correctional employee. Monetary assistance may be paid from the fund to the cor…

Sec. 15. (a) Upon completion of a new correctional facility, the department shall conduct a review of the capacity of all previously existing facilities to determine the feasibility of closing the facilities. In conducting a review under this section, the department shall conside…

Sec. 4. There is established the office of commissioner of correction. The commissioner must hold at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and must have held a management position in correctional or related work for at least five (5) years. The commis…

Sec. 5. (a) The commissioner shall do the following: (1) Organize the department and employ personnel necessary to discharge the duties and powers of the department. (2) Administer and supervise the department, including all state owned or operated correctional facilities. (3) Ex…

Sec. 6. The commissioner shall appoint one (1) or more deputy commissioners. A deputy commissioner must hold at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and must have held a management position in correctional or related work for a minimum of three (3) y…

Sec. 7. (a) The commissioner shall determine which state owned or operated correctional facilities are to be maintained for criminal offenders and which are to be maintained for delinquent offenders. (b) The commissioner shall determine which state owned or operated correctional …

Sec. 8. (a) The department shall cooperate with the state personnel department in establishing minimum qualification standards for employees of the department and in establishing a system of personnel recruitment, selection, employment, and distribution. (b) The department shall …

Sec. 9. (a) The department shall establish a program of research and statistics, alone or in cooperation with others, for the purpose of assisting in the identification and achievement of realistic short term and long term departmental goals, the making of administrative decision…

Sec. 1. An application to the governor for commutation of sentence, pardon, reprieve, or remission of fine or forfeiture shall be filed with the parole board. The application must be in writing and signed by the person seeking gubernatorial relief or by a person on his behalf. Th…

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "victim" means a person who has suffered direct harm as a result of a violent crime (as defined in IC 5-2-6.1-8). (b) The parole board shall submit to the governor its recommendation regarding an application for commutation of sentence, pardon…

Sec. 3. This chapter does not limit the constitutional power of the governor to grant pardons, reprieves, commutations, or remissions of fines and forfeitures. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.2.

Sec. 4. The governor may issue a pardon that conditions the removal of all disabilities applicable to holding a handgun permit or other license issued under IC 35-47-2 upon a determination by the superintendent of state police that circumstances have changed to such an extent sin…

Sec. 0.3. (a) A county may not impose a property tax levy after December 31, 2008, for the county general fund to the extent that the levy is for the reimbursement of the department of correction under IC 11-10-2-3 (before its repeal by P.L.146-2008) or a related provision for th…

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

Sec. 10. (a) The commissioner may transfer a committed delinquent offender to an adult facility or program according to the following requirements: (1) The offender must be seventeen (17) years of age or older at the time of transfer. (2) The department must determine that: (A) e…

Sec. 11. (a) The division of youth services transitional services fund is established for the purposes described in subsection (e). The department shall administer the fund. (b) The fund consists of money collected under IC 31-40-1-3.5. (c) The treasurer of state shall invest the…

Sec. 2. Except as provided by section 6 of this chapter, the commitment or award of guardianship of a delinquent offender to the department is governed by the following: (1) All commitments are to the department as opposed to a specific facility. The department shall determine th…

Sec. 4. (a) A committed offender shall, within a reasonable time, be evaluated regarding: (1) his medical, psychological, educational, vocational, economic and social condition, and history; (2) the circumstances surrounding his present commitment; (3) his history of delinquency;…

Sec. 5. (a) Upon completion of the evaluation prescribed in section 4 of this chapter, the department shall assign the offender to a facility or program; make an initial education, training, employment, or other assignment within that facility or program; and order medical, psych…

Sec. 6. A juvenile court may order a juvenile offender who is before the court for disposition and is subject to commitment to the department to be temporarily committed to the department, for not more than fourteen (14) days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) for…

Sec. 7. This chapter does not preclude a local governmental unit or other public or private agency from evaluating an offender, before commitment to the department, as prescribed by sections 4 and 5 of this chapter, if that service is approved by the commissioner as a substitute …

Sec. 8. The department shall, at least semiannually, review in accord with sections 4 and 5 of this chapter every committed offender who is not on parole to determine the appropriateness of his current assignment and to make an assignment decision based upon that review. Before m…

Sec. 9. (a) An offender may be involuntarily segregated from the general population of a facility or program if the department first finds that segregation is necessary for the offender's own physical safety or the physical safety of others. (b) The department shall review an off…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter: "Contraband" means property the possession of which is in violation of an Indiana or federal statute. "Prohibited property" means property other than contraband that the department does not permit a confined person to possess. The term includes mo…

Sec. 2. The department shall determine what type of property other than contraband a confined person may not possess and shall inform him of that classification. In carrying out this section, the department may inform a confined person of the type or items of property he is permi…

Sec. 3. (a) The department may conduct reasonable searches of its facilities and persons confined in them and may seize contraband or prohibited property. (b) Searches and seizures shall be conducted so as to avoid unnecessary force, embarrassment, or indignity to confined person…

Sec. 4. (a) When the department seizes property, it shall give the affected person written notice of the seizure. This notice must include the date of the seizure, the property seized, the name of the person who seized the property, the reason for the seizure, and the fact that t…

Sec. 5. The department may, for purposes of maintaining the security of its facilities and programs, securing the health and safety of individuals, and promoting administrative manageability, limit the amount of property a confined person may possess at any one time. The departme…

Sec. 6. (a) This section applies if the department has reasonable suspicion that money in a confined person's account was derived from the commission of fraud under IC 35-43-5-4(b)(6). (b) If the department has reasonable suspicion that money in a confined person's account was de…

Sec. 1. (a) For the purpose of encouraging counties to develop a coordinated local corrections-criminal justice system and providing effective alternatives to imprisonment at the state level, the commissioner shall, out of funds appropriated for such purposes, make grants: (1) to…

Sec. 10. A county receiving financial aid under this chapter may terminate its participation by delivering a resolution of the board of county commissioners or city-county council to the commissioner. Upon withdrawal from the subsidy program, the board of county commissioners or …

Sec. 11. This chapter does not limit or impair the statutory authority of any elected official, including the county sheriff's authority over the county jail and persons confined in the jail. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.136-2018, SEC.108.

Sec. 12. (a) A community corrections fund is established in each community having a community corrections program. The fund shall be administered by the community corrections advisory board in accordance with rules adopted by the department under subsection (c). The expenses of a…

Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2026. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2026. Sec. 2. (a) To qualify for financial aid under this chapter, a county must establish a community corrections advisory board by resolution of the county executiv…

Sec. 3. (a) A community corrections advisory board shall: (1) formulate: (A) the community corrections plan and the application for financial aid required by section 4 of this chapter; and (B) the forensic diversion program plan under IC 11-12-3.7; (2) observe and coordinate comm…

Sec. 3.5. (a) The community corrections advisory board shall appoint a director of the community corrections program, subject to the approval of the county executive or, in a county having a consolidated city, by the city-county council. A director may be removed for cause by a m…

Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (h), a county or group of counties, or a court or a group of courts, seeking financial aid under this chapter must apply to the commissioner in a manner and form prescribed by the commissioner. If the application is for a community cor…

Sec. 5. (a) The department shall do the following: (1) Provide consultation and technical assistance to counties to aid in the development of community corrections plans. (2) Provide training for community corrections personnel and board members to the extent funds are available.…

Sec. 6. To remain eligible for financial aid under this chapter, a county must comply with its community corrections plan and the rules and minimum standards adopted by the department under section 5 of this chapter. If the commissioner determines that there are reasonable ground…

Sec. 7. Failure of a county to qualify for financial aid under this chapter does not affect its eligibility for other state funds for correctional purposes otherwise provided by law. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.5.

Sec. 8. Counties may not use funds received under this chapter to construct or renovate county jails or community correction facilities. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.136-1989, SEC.3; P.L.4-2001, SEC.1; P.L.179-2015, SEC.5.