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IN Code § 11-8-4-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-9. Hearings; Facilities; Governing Law of Sending State; Records

Sec. 9. Any hearing or hearings to which an inmate confined pursuant to this compact may be entitled by the laws of the sending state may be had before the appropriate authorities of the sending state, or of the receiving state if authorized by the sending state. The receiving state shall provide adequate facilities for such hearings as may be conducted by the appropriate officials of a sending state. In the event such hearing or hearings are had before officials of the receiving state, the governing law shall be that of the sending state and a record of the hearing or hearings as prescribed by the sending state shall be made. Said record together with any recommendations of the hearing officials shall be transmitted forthwith to the official or officials before whom the hearing would have been had if it had taken place in the sending state. In any and all proceedings had pursuant to the provisions of the section, the officials of the receiving state shall act solely as agents of the sending state and no final determination shall be made in any matter except by the appropriate officials of the sending state.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-10. Place of Release of Inmate; Cost of Return

Sec. 10. Any inmate confined pursuant to this compact shall be released within the territory of the sending state unless the inmate, and the sending and receiving states, shall agree upon release in some other place. The sending state shall bear the cost of such return to its territory.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-11. Inmates' Benefits or Obligations on Account of Actions or Proceedings They Could Have Participated in if Confined in Institutions of Sending State

Sec. 11. Any inmate confined pursuant to the terms of this compact shall have any and all rights to participate in and derive any benefits or incur or be relieved of any obligations or have such obligations modified or his status changed on account of any action or proceeding in which he could have participated if confined in any appropriate institution of the sending state located within such state.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-12. Rights of Parent, Guardian, Trustee, or Other Persons

Sec. 12. The parent, guardian, trustee, or other person or persons entitled under the laws of the sending state to act for, advise, or otherwise function with respect to any inmate shall not be deprived of or restricted in his exercise of any power in respect of any inmate confined pursuant to the terms of this compact.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-13. Finality of Decisions of Sending State in Respect of Any Matter

Sec. 13. Any decision of the sending state in respect of any matter over which it retains jurisdiction pursuant to this compact shall be conclusive upon and not reviewable within the receiving state, but if at the time the sending state seeks to remove an inmate from an institution in the receiving state there is pending against the inmate within such state any criminal offense, the inmate shall not be returned without the consent of the receiving state until discharged from prosecution or other form of proceeding, imprisonment, or detention for such offense. The duly accredited officers of the sending state shall be permitted to transport inmates pursuant to this compact through any and all states party to this compact without interference.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-14. Escape

Sec. 14. An inmate who escapes from an institution in which he is confined pursuant to this compact shall be deemed a fugitive from the sending state and from the state in which the institution is situated. In the case of an escape to a jurisdiction other than the sending or receiving state, the responsibility for institution of extradition or rendition proceedings shall be that of the sending state, but nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent or affect the activities of officers and agencies of any jurisdiction directed toward the apprehension and return of an escapee.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-15. Federal Aid

Sec. 15. Any state party to this compact may accept federal aid for use in connection with any institution or program, the use of which is or may be affected by this compact or any contract pursuant hereto and any inmate in a receiving state pursuant to this compact may participate in any such federally aided program or activity for which the sending and receiving states have made contractual provision; provided, that if such program or activity is not part of the customary correctional regimen, the express consent of the appropriate official of the sending state shall be required therefor.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-16. Effective Date

Sec. 16. This compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding upon the states so acting when it has been enacted into law by any two (2) states. Thereafter, this compact shall enter into force and become effective and binding as to any other of said states upon similar action by such state.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-17. Withdrawal From Compact

Sec. 17. This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon a party state until it shall have enacted a statute repealing the same and providing for the sending of formal written notice of withdrawal from the compact to the appropriate officials of all other party states. An actual withdrawal shall not take effect until one (1) year after the notices provided in said statute have been sent. Such withdrawal shall not relieve the withdrawing state from its obligations assumed hereunder prior to the effective date of withdrawal. Before the effective date of withdrawal a withdrawing state shall remove to its territory, at its own expense, such inmates as it may have confined pursuant to the provisions of this compact.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-18. Effect of Compact on Agreements or Arrangements With Nonparty State

Sec. 18. Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to abrogate or impair any agreement or other arrangement which this state may have with a nonparty state for the confinement, care, or training of inmates nor to repeal any other laws of this state authorizing the making of cooperative institutional arrangements.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-19. Construction; Severability

Sec. 19. The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed and shall be severable. If any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any participating state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person, or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining states and in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact|11-8-4-20. Authority of Commissioner to Carry Out Compact; Delegation of Authority

Sec. 20. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of this compact in every particular and he may in his discretion delegate this authority.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4.5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4.5. International Prisoner Transfer or Exchange Under Treaty|11-8-4.5-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. This chapter applies if a treaty is in effect between the United States and a foreign country providing for the transfer or exchange of a convicted person to the country in which the person is a citizen or national.As added by P.L.71-1994, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4.5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4.5. International Prisoner Transfer or Exchange Under Treaty|11-8-4.5-2. Authorization of Transfer or Exchange

Sec. 2. The governor may, subject to the terms of the treaty, authorize the commissioner to:(1) allow for the transfer or exchange of a convicted person; and(2) take any other action necessary to execute the terms of the treaty.As added by P.L.71-1994, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-4.5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 4.5. International Prisoner Transfer or Exchange Under Treaty|11-8-4.5-3. Sentence

Sec. 3. If the commissioner transfers a person from the custody of the department under this chapter, the transfer does not affect the sentence under which the person was committed to the department. The person's sentence continues to run during the period that the person is in the custody of the appropriate officials of the United States or the foreign country to which the person is transferred. The person is subject to return to the custody of the department under this chapter if the person has not completed the person's sentence.As added by P.L.71-1994, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-5-0.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 5. Confidential Records|11-8-5-0.5. "Compelling Public Interest"

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "compelling public interest" means any condition in which there is a question of:(1) the proper appropriation or expenditure of public funds;(2) the official conduct of public employees or any person who provides goods or services to the state for financial compensation under contract or other agreement;(3) the suitability for receiving a public trust or benefits; or(4) the public safety or welfare.As added by P.L.10-2019, SEC.50.
IN Code § 11-8-5-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 5. Confidential Records|11-8-5-1. "Personal Information" Defined

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "personal information" has the meaning set out in IC 4-1-6-1.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 5. Confidential Records|11-8-5-2. Classification; Denial of Access; Disclosure to Certain Parties

Sec. 2. (a) The department may, under IC 4-22-2, classify as confidential the following personal information maintained on a person who has been committed to the department or who has received correctional services from the department:(1) Medical, psychiatric, or psychological data or opinion which might adversely affect that person's emotional well-being.(2) Information relating to a pending investigation of alleged criminal activity or other misconduct.(3) Information which, if disclosed, might result in physical harm to that person or other persons.(4) Sources of information obtained only upon a promise of confidentiality.(5) Information required by law or promulgated rule to be maintained as confidential.(b) The department may deny the person about whom the information pertains and other persons access to information classified as confidential under subsection (a). However, confidential information shall be disclosed:(1) upon the order of a court;(2) to employees of the department who need the information in the performance of their lawful duties;(3) to other agencies in accord with IC 4-1-6-2(13) and IC 4-1-6-8.5;(4) to the governor or the governor's designee;(5) for research purposes in accord with IC 4-1-6-8.6(a);(6) to the department of correction ombudsman bureau in accord with IC 11-11-1.5;(7) to a person who is or may be the victim of fraud under IC 35-43-5-4(b)(6) if the commissioner determines that the interest in disclosure overrides the interest to be served by nondisclosure; or(8) if the commissioner determines there exists a compelling public interest for disclosure which overrides the interest to be served by nondisclosure.(c) The department shall disclose information classified as confidential under subsection (a)(1) to a physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist designated in writing by the person about whom the information pertains.(d) The department may disclose confidential information to the following:(1) A provider of sex offender management, treatment, or programming.(2) A provider of mental health services.(3) Any other service provider working with the department to assist in the successful return of an offender to the community following the offender's release from incarceration.(e) This subsection does not prohibit the department from sharing information available on the Indiana sex offender registry with another person.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.292-2001, SEC.4; P.L.140-2006, SEC.12 and P.L.173-2006, SEC.12; P.L.81-2008, SEC.1; P.L.136-2018, SEC.107; P.L.10-2019, SEC.51; P.L.174-2021, SEC.5.
IN Code § 11-8-5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 5. Confidential Records|11-8-5-3. Parties Not Authorized to Be Agents

Sec. 3. A committed person or a person receiving correctional services from the department may not be an authorized agent for purposes of IC 4-1-6-3.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 5. Confidential Records|11-8-5-4. Access Controls to Be Established

Sec. 4. The department shall, consistent with IC 4-1-6 and this chapter, establish, under IC 4-22-2, access controls for all categories of personal information maintained by that agency.As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-6-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 6. Business Interests|11-8-6-1. Prohibited Activities

Sec. 1. A person committed to the department may not, without the express consent of the department:(1) conduct a private business on department grounds or use the services or resources of the department for a private enterprise;(2) use a department facility as the principal office for a business;(3) use a post office box provided by the department for persons committed to the department as a business address;(4) solicit funds or contributions for any purpose while in the custody or under the control of the department; or(5) do business with the department or provide a service for profit to persons committed to the department.As added by Acts 1981, P.L.133, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-6-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 6. Business Interests|11-8-6-2. Exceptions

Sec. 2. The department may grant an exception to section 1 of this chapter if appropriate after considering the general welfare and safety of:(1) the public;(2) other persons under its control;(3) the individual seeking the exception; and(4) the family of the individual seeking the exception.As added by Acts 1981, P.L.133, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-7-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 7. Victim Notification Services|11-8-7-1. "Registered Crime Victim"

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.64-2005, SEC.4.
IN Code § 11-8-7-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 7. Victim Notification Services|11-8-7-2. Automated Victim Notification System

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; or(ii) county jail or any other facility not operated by the department;(B) is transferred to a:(i) department facility; or(ii) county jail or any other facility not operated by the department;(C) is given a different security classification;(D) is released on temporary leave;(E) is discharged;(F) has escaped;(G) has a change in the committed offender's expected date of release from incarceration;(H) is scheduled to have a parole release hearing;(I) has requested clemency or pardon consideration;(J) is to be placed in a minimum security:(i) facility; or(ii) work release program;or is permitted to participate in another minimum security assignment; or(K) dies during the committed offender's period of incarceration.(2) Allow a registered crime victim to receive the most recent status report for an offender by calling the automated victim notification system on a toll free telephone number.(3) Allow a crime victim to register or update the victim's registration for the automated victim notification system by calling a toll free telephone number.(b) For purposes of subsection (a), a sheriff responsible for the operation of a county jail shall immediately notify the department if a committed offender:(1) is transferred to another county jail or another facility not operated by the department of correction;(2) is released on temporary leave;(3) is discharged; or(4) has escaped.Sheriffs and other law enforcement officers and prosecuting attorneys shall cooperate with the department in establishing and maintaining an automated victim notification system.(c) An automated victim notification system may transmit information to a person by:(1) telephone;(2) electronic mail; or(3) another method as determined by the department.(d) The department shall provide the opportunity for a registered crime victim to receive periodic status reports concerning the committed offender who committed the crime against the registered crime victim, including reports stating:(1) the committed offender's projected date of release from imprisonment;(2) the facility where the committed offender is imprisoned; and(3) the current security classification of the committed offender.(e) A registered crime victim may choose to receive a status report described in subsection (d):(1) annually;(2) quarterly;(3) monthly; or(4) when triggered by an event described in subsection (a)(1).As added by P.L.64-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.147-2012, SEC.1.
IN Code § 11-8-7-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 7. Victim Notification Services|11-8-7-3. System Update; Cause of Action Not Established

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 failure of an automated victim notification system to provide notice to the victim does not establish a separate cause of action by the victim against:(1) the state; or(2) the department.As added by P.L.64-2005, SEC.4.
IN Code § 11-8-7-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 7. Victim Notification Services|11-8-7-4. Funding Sources for System

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) federal grants; and(B) other funding.As added by P.L.64-2005, SEC.4.
IN Code § 11-8-7-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 7. Victim Notification Services|11-8-7-5. Rules

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.
IN Code § 11-8-8-0.2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 8. Sex Offender Registration|11-8-8-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Prior Law

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 amended by P.L.33-1996.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.245. Amended by P.L.63-2012, SEC.16.
IN Code § 11-8-8-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 8. Sex Offender Registration|11-8-8-1. "Correctional Facility"

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.
IN Code § 11-8-8-1.2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 8. Sex Offender Registration|11-8-8-1.2. "Electronic Chat Room Username"

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.
IN Code § 11-8-8-1.4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 11. Corrections|Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction|Chapter 8. Sex Offender Registration|11-8-8-1.4. "Electronic Mail Address"

Sec. 1.4. As used in this chapter, "electronic mail address" means a destination, commonly expressed as a string of characters, to which electronic mail may be sent or delivered.As added by P.L.119-2008, SEC.2.