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IN Code § 11-10-6-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 6. General Provisions Concerning Offender Employment|11-10-6-10. Claims for Payment for Supplies and Services Furnished by 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 facilities shall be presented to the department. These claims shall be itemized and, if allowed, shall be paid from the industry and farm products revolving fund. No part of the revolving fund shall be used for the purpose of paying the salaries of employees and offenders, other than those who are engaged in the administration and operation of an industry and farm program.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-6-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 6. General Provisions Concerning Offender Employment|11-10-6-11. Contract for Management of Program or Activity Operated for 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 Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-6-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 6. General Provisions Concerning Offender Employment|11-10-6-12. Wage Payments and Wage Claims

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.
IN Code § 11-10-7-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 7. Private Employers and Offender Earnings|11-10-7-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to criminal offenders.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-7-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 7. Private Employers and Offender Earnings|11-10-7-2. Programs for Employment of Offenders by Private Persons; 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 establishes, by construction, lease, or otherwise, facilities within the exterior boundary of any state adult correctional facility, for the manufacture and processing of goods or any other business, commercial, or agricultural enterprise.(b) In administering this chapter, the commissioner may, as a part of or in connection with any agreement made under subsection (a), lease, for not more than twenty (20) years, land, with the improvements on it, located on the grounds of any state correctional facility for use by the private party to that agreement for providing employment under this chapter.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.87, SEC.4.
IN Code § 11-10-7-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 7. Private Employers and Offender Earnings|11-10-7-3. Agreement Between Commissioner and Private Person; Wages; 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 for that type of work as established by the department of workforce development, including applicable wage increases for overtime work.(b) An offender may be employed under this chapter only on a voluntary basis and only after the offender has been informed of the conditions of the offender's employment.(c) An offender employed under this chapter is not eligible for unemployment compensation benefits under workforce development laws.(d) 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 Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.18-1987, SEC.10; P.L.21-1995, SEC.14; P.L.223-2013, SEC.4.
IN Code § 11-10-7-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 7. Private Employers and Offender Earnings|11-10-7-4. Laws Governing Commercial or Agricultural Enterprise 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.
IN Code § 11-10-7-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 7. Private Employers and Offender Earnings|11-10-7-5. Earnings of Offender; Distribution

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 the department. If retained by the department, the amount, with accrued interest if interest on the amount is earned, must be returned to the offender not later than at the time of the offender's release on parole or discharge.(2) State and federal income taxes and Social Security deductions.(3) The expenses of room and board, as fixed by the department and the budget agency, in facilities operated by the department, or, if the offender is housed in a facility not operated by the department, the amount paid by the department to the operator of the facility or other appropriate authority for room and board and other incidentals as established by agreement between the department and the appropriate authority.(4) The support of the offender's dependents, when directed by the offender or ordered by the court to pay this support. If the offender's dependents are receiving welfare assistance, the appropriate county office of the division of family resources or welfare department in another state shall be notified of these disbursements.(5) Ten percent (10%) of the offender's gross earnings, to be deposited in the violent crime victims compensation fund established by IC 5-2-6.1-40.(6) If an offender is eligible for an offender reentry administrative account under IC 11-10-15, at least ten percent (10%) and not more than twenty percent (20%) of the offender's gross earnings, to be deposited in the offender's reentry administrative account.(b) Any remaining amount shall be given to the offender or retained by the department in accord with subsection (a)(1).(c) The department may, when special circumstances warrant or for just cause, waive the collection of room and board charges by or on behalf of a facility operated by the department or, if the offender is housed in a facility not operated by the department, authorize payment of room and board charges from other available funds.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.87, SEC.5; P.L.2-1992, SEC.109; P.L.4-1993, SEC.13; P.L.5-1993, SEC.26; P.L.47-1993, SEC.4; P.L.1-1994, SEC.43; P.L.146-2008, SEC.369; P.L.44-2009, SEC.5; P.L.104-2009, SEC.2.
IN Code § 11-10-8-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 8. Minimum Security Release Program for Criminal Offenders and Offender Earnings|11-10-8-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to criminal offenders.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-8-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 8. Minimum Security Release Program for Criminal Offenders and Offender Earnings|11-10-8-2. Establishment of Programs; Violent Crime Offenders

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the department shall establish a minimum security release program in which eligible committed offenders may be temporarily released from custody to:(1) work;(2) conduct a business or other self-employed occupation, including housekeeping or attending to family needs;(3) attend an academic or vocational training institution or program;(4) obtain medical, psychiatric, or psychological treatment, including treatment for drug addiction or alcoholism; or(5) accomplish other purposes consistent with programs of the department.(b) An offender convicted of:(1) a violent crime (as defined in IC 5-2-6.1-8); or(2) a sex offense under IC 35-42-4 or IC 35-46-1-3;is not eligible to participate in a minimum security assignment that constitutes an assignment of the offender to a program requiring weekly reporting to a designated official.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.136-1989, SEC.2; P.L.2-1992, SEC.110; P.L.47-1993, SEC.5; P.L.144-1995, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-10-8-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 8. Minimum Security Release Program for Criminal Offenders and Offender Earnings|11-10-8-3. Assignment to Program; Requirements

Sec. 3. (a) Before an offender may be assigned to a minimum security release program:(1) the offender must be assigned to a minimum security classification in accord with IC 35-38-3 (any change in the degree of security, from minimum to a higher degree, whether the change occurs before or after assignment to a release program, renders the offender ineligible for participation in the release program, and the department shall take appropriate action for the offender's immediate removal from the release program and reassignment to a facility or program consistent with the offender's degree of security assignment); and(2) the department must find that:(A) the offender is likely to respond affirmatively to the program;(B) it is reasonably unlikely that the offender will commit another crime while assigned to the program; and(C) the offender demonstrates reading and writing skills that meet minimum literacy standards:(i) developed by the department; and(ii) established under rules adopted by the department under IC 4-22-2.(b) The minimum literacy standards adopted by the department under subsection (a)(2)(C) must provide that an offender is exempt from those standards if the department determines that:(1) the offender is unable to meet the minimum literacy standards as a result of a disability; or(2) the length of the offender's sentence prevents the offender from achieving the minimum literacy standards before the expiration of the offender's sentence.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.150-1987, SEC.1; P.L.23-1993, SEC.34; P.L.1-2005, SEC.124; P.L.1-2007, SEC.101.
IN Code § 11-10-8-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 8. Minimum Security Release Program for Criminal Offenders and Offender Earnings|11-10-8-4. Contracts for Confinement of Offenders

Sec. 4. The department may enter into contracts with appropriate city, county, state, or federal authorities for the confinement of, and provision of other correctional services to, offenders; and the city, county, and state authorities may enter into such contracts. If the department determines that an offender participating in a minimum security release program does not require the security of a public detention facility, it may contract with other public or private agencies for his custody and care.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-8-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 8. Minimum Security Release Program for Criminal Offenders and Offender Earnings|11-10-8-5. Directives; Establishment

Sec. 5. (a) The department shall establish directives governing:(1) eligibility and selection of prospective employers for participation in the work release program;(2) eligibility and selection of institutions and programs for participation in the study release program;(3) eligibility and selection of hospitals, clinics, or other agencies or individuals for participation in the medical release program;(4) the procedure by which an offender may apply for participation in a minimum security release program;(5) custody of an offender during the time he is not actively engaged in the activity to which he is assigned;(6) conduct of an offender participating in a minimum security release program, including sanctions for violation of rules of conduct;(7) accounting procedures for the disposition of a participating offender's earnings;(8) an offender's voluntary or involuntary removal from a minimum security release program;(9) departmental assistance in obtaining medical treatment or suitable employment, academic, or vocational training in the programs authorized by this chapter; and(10) any additional matters concerning the general administration of programs authorized by this chapter.(b) For purposes of IC 4-22-2, the term "directive" as used in this section relates solely to internal policy and procedure not having the force of law.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-8-6.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 8. Minimum Security Release Program for Criminal Offenders and Offender Earnings|11-10-8-6.5. Work Release—study Release Subsistence Special Revenue Fund

Sec. 6.5. (a) There is created the work release-study release subsistence special revenue fund to be used for:(1) construction of new work release or study release facilities;(2) maintenance of work release or study release facilities;(3) general operating costs of the work release or study release programs, including offender services;(4) providing programs or services established under IC 11-13-8; or(5) the matching of federal funds for use in the work release or study release programs.(b) Money collected under section 6(a)(5) of this chapter shall be deposited in the fund not later than the fifteenth day of the month following the month in which it was received.(c) Earnings on the money deposited in the fund shall be deposited in the fund.(d) The commissioner shall submit a proposed budget for expenditure of the money in the fund to the state budget agency for approval in accord with IC 4-12-1.(e) If the fund is abolished, its contents revert to the state general fund.(f) Money in the fund is continuously appropriated for the purposes provided under this article.As added by Acts 1980, P.L.88, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.240-1991(ss2), SEC.55.
IN Code § 11-10-8-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 8. Minimum Security Release Program for Criminal Offenders and Offender Earnings|11-10-8-7. Supervision Over Conditions of Employment

Sec. 7. The department of labor shall exercise the same supervision over conditions of employment for offenders under this chapter as the department of labor does over conditions of employment for persons who are not committed.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.37-1985, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-8-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 8. Minimum Security Release Program for Criminal Offenders and Offender Earnings|11-10-8-8. Status of Offender While Going to or From Employment

Sec. 8. An offender employed under this chapter by an employer other than the department is not an agent, employee, or involuntary servant of the department while working or going to or from the employment.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-8-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 8. Minimum Security Release Program for Criminal Offenders and Offender Earnings|11-10-8-9. Notice to Victim Before Assignment of Offender to Work Release Program

Sec. 9. Before the department may assign an offender to a work release program, the department must notify any victim of the offender's crime of the right to submit a written statement to:(1) a sentencing court in accordance with IC 11-10-11.5-4.5, if the offender is under consideration for assignment to a community transition program; and(2) the department, if the offender is under consideration for assignment to any other work release program.If the name or address of a victim of the offender's crime changes after the offender is sentenced for the offense, and the offender's sentence may result in the offender's assignment to the work release program, the victim is responsible for notifying the department of the name or address change.As added by P.L.90-2000, SEC.2.
IN Code § 11-10-9-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 9. Temporary Leave─criminal Offenders|11-10-9-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to confined criminal offenders.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-9-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 9. Temporary Leave─criminal Offenders|11-10-9-2. Purpose; Period of Time; Written Authorization; Custodial Agent; Directives

Sec. 2. (a) The department may grant an offender a temporary leave from a correctional facility or program for a designated purpose and period of time, in Indiana, either alone or accompanied by a department employee or other custodial agent:(1) to visit a close relative who is seriously ill;(2) to attend the funeral of a close relative;(3) to obtain medical, psychiatric, or psychological services;(4) to make arrangements for employment, admittance to an educational or vocational training institution or program or participation in any other activity authorized by the department;(5) to secure a residence or make other preparation for release or discharge;(6) to appear before any group whose purpose is to obtain an understanding of crime or corrections, including appearances on television or radio;(7) to return to his home or other place authorized by the department during what appears to be his terminal illness; or(8) for any other purpose the department determines to be in the best interest of the offender and the public.(b) All temporary leaves other than one granted under subsection (a)(7) are limited to five (5) days or less.(c) Before an offender is released under this chapter, the department shall give him a written authorization for temporary leave which specifies the conditions of that leave. At all times while on leave, the offender must keep the authorization in his possession.(d) An offender must be accompanied by a department employee or other custodial agent while on temporary leave unless he has been assigned a minimum security classification described in IC 35-38-3-6.(e) The department may establish directives governing the implementation of this chapter, including an offender's eligibility for, and conduct while on, temporary leave. For purposes of IC 4-22-2, the term "directive" as used in this subsection relates solely to internal policy and procedure not having the force of law.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.5-1988, SEC.61.
IN Code § 11-10-10-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 10. Temporary Release─delinquent Offenders|11-10-10-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to committed delinquent offenders.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-10-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 10. Temporary Release─delinquent Offenders|11-10-10-2. Purpose and Period of Time

Sec. 2. The department may temporarily release an offender from a correctional facility or program for a designated purpose and period of time, in Indiana, either alone or accompanied by a department employee or other custodial agent:(1) to attend or make arrangements for attending an academic or vocational training institution or program, including attendance in a public school;(2) to obtain or make arrangements for obtaining medical, psychiatric, or psychological services, including treatment for drug addiction or alcoholism;(3) to work or make arrangements for employment;(4) to visit a close relative who is seriously ill;(5) to visit his immediate family;(6) to attend the funeral of a close relative;(7) to make preparations for release or discharge;(8) for recreational purposes;(9) to return to his home or other place authorized by the department during what appears to be his terminal illness; or(10) for any other purpose the department determines to be in the best interest of the offender and the public.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-10-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 10. Temporary Release─delinquent Offenders|11-10-10-3. Directives

Sec. 3. The department may establish directives governing the implementation of this chapter, including an offender's eligibility for, and conduct while on, temporary release. For purposes of IC 4-22-2, the term "directive" as used in this subsection relates solely to internal policy and procedure not having the force of law.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-11-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 11. Recreation and Community Involvement in Correctional Programs|11-10-11-1. Establishment of Programs and Activities, Purpose; Range of Programs and Activities

Sec. 1. (a) To the greatest extent possible, consistent with the security of facilities and programs and departmental resources, the department shall establish recreational and cultural programs and activities designed to develop and maintain the physical and mental health of confined persons.(b) The programs and activities should cover a wide range of interests and talents and include:(1) meaningful, relevant reading material;(2) reasonable availability of radio and television;(3) reasonable opportunities to engage in musical endeavors, painting, crafts, and other creative pursuits; and(4) availability of physical recreation and sports.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-11-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 11. Recreation and Community Involvement in Correctional Programs|11-10-11-2. Opportunity for Physical Exercise

Sec. 2. A confined person shall be given a reasonable opportunity for physical exercise outside of his immediate living quarters and out of doors if feasible.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-11-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 11. Recreation and Community Involvement in Correctional Programs|11-10-11-3. Development and Maintenance of Programs Involving Community Organizations and Others

Sec. 3. The department shall encourage and assist in the development and maintenance of programs designed to involve community organizations and other persons in correctional programs.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
IN Code § 11-10-11.5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs|Chapter 11.5. Assignment to Community Transition Program|11-10-11.5-1. Applicability of Chapter

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to a person:(1) who is committed to the department under IC 35-50 for one (1) or more felonies; and(2) against whom a court imposed a sentence of at least two (2) years.(b) This chapter applies only to a person whose community transition program commencement date occurs after August 31, 1999.As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.208. Amended by P.L.90-2000, SEC.3; P.L.85-2004, SEC.31; P.L.220-2011, SEC.247.