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IN Code § 11-8-2-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 2. Organization of Department|11-8-2-7. Correctional Facilities for Criminal Offenders and Delinquent Offenders; Wardens; Appointment; Qualifications; Salary; Vacancies

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 facilities need, for effective management, administration by a warden. The commissioner shall appoint a warden for each correctional facility. However, the commissioner may appoint a person as warden of two (2) or more facilities if the commissioner finds that it would be economical to do so and would not adversely effect the management of the facilities.(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), a warden must hold at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.(d) If a warden does not hold at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, the warden must have at least ten (10) years of experience in public safety work.(e) In addition to the requirements described in subsections (c) and (d), a warden must have held a management position in correctional or related work for a minimum of five (5) years. A warden is entitled to a salary to be determined by the budget agency with the approval of the governor.(f) If a warden position becomes vacant, the commissioner may appoint an acting warden to discharge the duties and powers of a warden on a temporary basis.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.43-2002, SEC.1; P.L.246-2005, SEC.93; P.L.47-2008, SEC.1; P.L.100-2012, SEC.28; P.L.67-2017, SEC.7.
IN Code § 11-8-2-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 2. Organization of Department|11-8-2-8. Personnel; Standards; Programs

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 conduct training programs designed to equip employees for duty in its facilities and programs and raise their level of performance. Training programs conducted by the department need not be limited to inservice training. They may include preemployment training, internship programs, and scholarship programs in cooperation with appropriate agencies. When funds are appropriated, the department may provide educational stipends or tuition reimbursement in such amounts and under such conditions as may be determined by the department and the personnel department.(c) The department shall conduct a training program on cultural diversity awareness that must be a required course for each employee of the department who has contact with incarcerated persons.(d) The department shall provide six (6) hours of training to employees who interact with persons with mental illness, addictive disorders, intellectual disabilities, and developmental disabilities concerning the interaction, to be taught by persons approved by the secretary of family and social services, using teaching methods approved by the secretary of family and social services and the commissioner. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may credit hours of substantially similar training received by an employee toward the required six (6) hours of training.(e) The department shall establish a correctional officer training program with a curriculum, and administration by agencies, to be determined by the commissioner. A certificate of completion shall be issued to any person satisfactorily completing the training program. A certificate may also be issued to any person who has received training in another jurisdiction if the commissioner determines that the training was at least equivalent to the training program maintained under this subsection.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.3-1989, SEC.94; P.L.25-2000, SEC.2; P.L.85-2004, SEC.41; P.L.246-2005, SEC.94; P.L.100-2012, SEC.29; P.L.117-2015, SEC.5.
IN Code § 11-8-2-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 2. Organization of Department|11-8-2-9. Research and Statistics

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 decisions, and the evaluation of the facilities and programs of the entire state correctional system. Information relating to the following must be compiled:(1) An inventory of current facilities and programs, including residential and nonresidential community programs and offender participation.(2) Population characteristics and trends, including the following concerning offenders:(A) Ethnicity.(B) Gender.(3) Judicial sentencing practices.(4) Service area resources, needs, and capabilities.(5) Recidivism of offenders.(6) Projected operating and capital expenditures.(b) The department may conduct research into the causes, detection, and treatment of criminality and delinquency and disseminate the results of that research.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.142-1995, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-2-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 2. Organization of Department|11-8-2-10. Continuance of Rules Adopted and in Effect on October 1, 1980

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.
IN Code § 11-8-2-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 2. Organization of Department|11-8-2-11. Corrections Drug Abuse Fund

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 therapy for offenders.(c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.(d) Money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.As added by P.L.51-1989, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-8-2-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 2. Organization of Department|11-8-2-12. Education Costs Exemption for Survivors of Hazardous Duty Employee Who Dies in Line of Duty

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 exemption as provided under IC 21-14-4.As added by P.L.8-2006, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.150; P.L.112-2019, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-8-2-12.4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 2. Organization of Department|11-8-2-12.4. Duties Concerning the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry

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 format for sex or violent offender registration as required by IC 11-8-8.(3) Provide:(A) judges;(B) law enforcement officials;(C) prosecuting attorneys;(D) parole officers;(E) probation officers; and(F) community corrections officials;with information and training concerning the requirements of IC 11-8-8 and the use of the Indiana sex and violent offender registry.(4) Upon request of a neighborhood association:(A) transmit to the neighborhood association information concerning sex or violent offenders who reside near the location of the neighborhood association; or(B) provide instructional materials concerning the use of the Indiana sex and violent offender registry to the neighborhood association.(5) Maintain records on every sex or violent offender who:(A) is incarcerated;(B) has relocated out of state; and(C) is no longer required to register due to the expiration of the sex or violent offender's registration period.(6) Create policies that provide for a schedule of progressive parole incentives and violation sanctions, including judicial review procedures, and submit the policies to the parole board for review.As added by P.L.140-2006, SEC.10 and P.L.173-2006, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.216-2007, SEC.8; P.L.179-2014, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-2-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 2. Organization of Department|11-8-2-13. Operation of the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry

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 shall do the following:(1) Ensure that the Indiana sex and violent offender registry is updated at least once per day with information provided by a local law enforcement authority (as defined in IC 11-8-8-2).(2) Publish the Indiana sex and violent offender registry on the Internet through the computer gateway administered by the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, and ensure that the Indiana sex and violent offender registry displays the following or similar words:"Based on information submitted to law enforcement, a person whose name appears in this registry has been convicted of a sex or violent offense or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for an act that would be a sex or violent offense if committed by an adult.".(3) If:(A) an offender's registration period has expired as described in IC 11-8-8-19; or(B) an offender is deceased;ensure that the offender's information is no longer published to the public portal of the sex and violent offender registry Internet web site established under IC 36-2-13-5.5.As added by P.L.140-2006, SEC.11 and P.L.173-2006, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.216-2007, SEC.9; P.L.214-2013, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-8-2-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 2. Organization of Department|11-8-2-14. Correctional Professional's Fund

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 correctional employee or a family member of a correctional employee if:(1) the employee or employee's family member attends a postsecondary educational institution; or(2) the employee:(A) suffers a loss as the result of a natural disaster;(B) is killed or injured in the line of duty; or(C) is suffering from other catastrophic events defined by a written protocol approved by the commissioner.(b) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.(c) The fund consists of:(1) grants;(2) donations;(3) employee contributions; and(4) appropriations;made to the fund.(d) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.(e) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.(f) Money in the fund is continually appropriated to carry out the purposes of the fund.As added by P.L.77-2009, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.23-2012, SEC.2.
IN Code § 11-8-2-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 2. Organization of Department|11-8-2-15. Completion of New Facilities; Closing Existing Facilities; Department Review; Conversion of Mental Health Facilities Into Correctional Facilities

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 consider whether the closing of an existing facility would be consistent with the public safety and sound correctional policy.(b) The executive department shall study the feasibility and economic impact of converting one (1) or more state mental health facilities into correctional facilities. The study shall be transmitted to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate before issuance of bonds to finance the construction of a new women's prison.(c) This section codifies P.L.240-1991, SECTION 118. This section does not impose duties on the department of correction or the executive department other than the duties imposed by P.L.240-1991, SECTION 118.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.243.
IN Code § 11-8-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 3. Contracts and Payment for Correctional Services|11-8-3-1. Contract for Services for Committed Persons

Sec. 1. (a) The department may contract with any city, county, state, or federal authority, or with other public or private organizations, for:(1) the custody, care, confinement, or treatment of committed persons; or(2) the provision of other correctional or related services to committed persons.(b) Before transferring a committed person to the custody, care, or control of an agency or organization under such a contract, the department must approve the receiving facility or program as suitable for the supervision and care of the person.(c) The department may contract with individuals for the provision of services to the department.(d) To fund contracts under this section the department may use:(1) its regular budgeted monies; and(2) if applicable, monies deducted from the person's earnings under IC 11-10-7-5 or IC 11-10-8-6.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 3. Contracts and Payment for Correctional Services|11-8-3-2. Contract to Receive Persons Into Facilities and Programs Operated by Department

Sec. 2. The department may contract with any city, county, state, other state, or federal authority to receive persons committed to that authority into facilities and programs operated by the department. The department may charge, under such contracts, fees for its services commensurate with its costs.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-1. Declaration of Policy; Purpose

Sec. 1. The party states, desiring by common action fully to utilize and improve their institutional facilities and provide adequate programs for various types of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to provide such facilities and programs on a basis of cooperation with one another, thereby serving the best interests of such offenders and of society and effecting economies in capital expenditures and operational costs. The purpose of this compact is to provide for the mutual development and execution of such programs of cooperation for the confinement, care, and training of offenders with the most economical use of human and material resources.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-2. Definitions

Sec. 2. As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:"State" means a state of the United States; the United States of America; a territory or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico."Sending state" means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had."Receiving state" means a state party to this compact to which an inmate is sent for confinement other than a state in which conviction or court commitment was had."Inmate" means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution."Institution" means a penal or correctional facility, including but not limited to, a facility for individuals with a mental illness in which inmates may lawfully be confined.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.99-2007, SEC.38.
IN Code § 11-8-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-3. Contracts With Other States; Contents

Sec. 3. (a) The department may make one (1) or more contracts with any one (1) or more of the other party states for the confinement of inmates on behalf of a sending state in institutions situated within receiving states. Any such contract shall provide for:(1) Its duration.(2) Payments to be made to the receiving state by the sending state for inmate maintenance, extraordinary medical and dental expenses, and any participation in or receipt by inmates of correctional services, facilities, programs, or treatment not reasonably included as part of normal maintenance.(3) Participation in programs of inmate employment, if any; the disposition or crediting of any payments received by inmates on account thereof; and the crediting of proceeds from or disposal of any products resulting therefrom.(4) Delivery and retaking of inmates.(5) Such other matters as may be necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations, responsibilities, and rights of the sending and receiving states.(b) The terms and provisions of this compact shall be a part of any contract entered into by the authority of or pursuant thereto, and nothing in any such contract shall be inconsistent therewith.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-4. Contracts With Other States; Confinement in Institution in Territory of Other Party State; Receiving State to Act as Agent for Sending State

Sec. 4. Whenever the duly constituted authorities in a state party to this compact, and which has entered into a contract pursuant to section 3 of this chapter, shall decide that confinement in, or transfer of an inmate to, an institution within the territory of another party state is necessary or desirable in order to provide adequate quarters and care or an appropriate correctional program, said officials may direct that the confinement be within an institution within the territory of said other party state, the receiving state to act in regard solely as agent for the sending state.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-5. Inspection of Facilities; Visiting Inmates in Institutions

Sec. 5. The appropriate officials of any state party to this compact shall have access, at all reasonable times, to any institution in which it has a contractual right to confine inmates for the purpose of inspecting the facilities thereof and visiting such of its inmates as may be confined in the institution.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-6. Inmates Subject to Jurisdiction of Sending State

Sec. 6. Inmates confined in an institution pursuant to the terms of this compact shall at all times be subject to the jurisdiction of the sending state and may at any time be removed therefrom for transfer to a prison or other institution within the sending state, for transfer to another institution in which the sending state may have a contractual or other right to confine inmates, for release on probation or parole, for discharge, or for any other purpose permitted by the laws of the sending state; provided, that the sending state shall continue to be obligated to such payments as may be required pursuant to the terms of any contract entered into under the terms of section 3 of this chapter.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-7. Reports on Inmates by Receiving State; Review

Sec. 7. Each receiving state shall provide regular reports to each sending state on the inmates of that sending state in institutions pursuant to this compact including a conduct record of each inmate and certify said record to the official designated by the sending state, in order that each inmate may have official review of his or her record in determining and altering the disposition of said inmate in accordance with the law which may obtain in the sending state and in order that the same may be a source of information for the sending state.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-8. Humane Treatment of Inmates

Sec. 8. All inmates who may be confined in an institution pursuant to the provisions of this compact shall be treated in a reasonable and humane manner and shall be treated equally with such similar inmates of the receiving state as may be confined in the same institution. The fact of confinement in a receiving state shall not deprive any inmate so confined of any legal rights which said inmate would have had if confined in an appropriate institution of the sending state.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.