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2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 11.5. Assignment to Community Transition Program › 11-10-11.5-7. Transportation of Offender to Sheriff or Other Person

Sec. 7. Not later than seven (7) regular business days after a person is assigned to a community transition program under this chapter, the department shall:
(1) comply with the procedures in IC 11-10-12-1(a)(1) and IC 11-10-12-1(a)(2); and
(2) transport the person to:
(A) the sheriff of the county where the person's case originated;
(B) any other person ordered by the sentencing court; or
(C) a person or an entity designated by the supervising authority of the community transition program to which the person is assigned.
The department may, upon request of the person, issue the work clothing described in IC 11-10-12-1(b).
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.208. Amended by P.L.85-2004, SEC.35.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 11.5. Assignment to Community Transition Program › 11-10-11.5-8. Transfer of Offender to Intake Person; Disciplinary Action

Sec. 8. (a) The person or entity receiving the offender under section 7 of this chapter shall transfer the offender to the intake person for the community transition program.
(b) As soon as is practicable after receiving the offender, the community transition program shall provide the offender with a reasonable opportunity to review the rules and conditions applicable to the offender's assignment in the program.
(c) The department may take disciplinary action under IC 11-11-5 against an offender who:
(1) has been assigned to a minimum security classification and placed in a community transition program; and
(2) refuses to participate in the community transition program.
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.208. Amended by P.L.90-2000, SEC.11; P.L.85-2004, SEC.36.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 11.5. Assignment to Community Transition Program › 11-10-11.5-9. Duration of Assignment to Program

Sec. 9. A person assigned to a community transition program shall remain in the assignment until the person completes the person's fixed term of imprisonment, less the credit time the person has earned with respect to the term, unless the community transition program causes the person to be returned to the department for reassignment from the community transition program to a program or facility administered by the department under section 11.5(b) of this chapter. IC 11-10-12-2 does not apply to a person who completes an assignment in a community transition program.
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.208. Amended by P.L.90-2000, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 11.5. Assignment to Community Transition Program › 11-10-11.5-10. Good Time Credit

Sec. 10. A person assigned to a community transition program continues to earn good time credit during the person's assignment to a community transition program.
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.208. Amended by P.L.74-2015, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 11.5. Assignment to Community Transition Program › 11-10-11.5-11. Rules and Conditions

Sec. 11. (a) While assigned to a community transition program, a person must comply with:
(1) the rules concerning the conduct of persons in the community transition program, including rules related to payments described in section 12 of this chapter, that are adopted by the community corrections advisory board establishing the program or, in counties that are not served by a community corrections program, that are jointly adopted by the courts in the county with felony jurisdiction; and
(2) any conditions established by the sentencing court for the person.
(b) As a rule of the community transition program, a person convicted of a sex offense (as defined in IC 11-8-8-5.2) may not use a social networking web site (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-307) or an instant messaging or chat room program (as defined in IC 35-31.5-2-173) to communicate, directly or through an intermediary, with a child less than sixteen (16) years of age. However, the rules of the community transition program may permit the offender to communicate using a social networking web site or an instant messaging or chat room program with:
(1) the offender's own child, stepchild, or sibling; or
(2) another relative of the offender specifically named in the rules applicable to that person.
(c) As a rule of the community transition program, an individual may be required to receive:
(1) addiction counseling;
(2) inpatient detoxification;
(3) case management;
(4) daily living skills; and
(5) medication assisted treatment, including a federal Food and Drug Administration approved long acting, nonaddictive medication for the treatment of opioid or alcohol dependence.
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.208. Amended by P.L.3-2008, SEC.89; P.L.247-2013, SEC.1; P.L.187-2015, SEC.3; P.L.209-2015, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 11.5. Assignment to Community Transition Program › 11-10-11.5-11.5. Community Transition Required; Request for Delay; Disciplinary Action

Sec. 11.5. (a) Except as provided in section 4.5 of this chapter, an offender is not entitled to refuse to be placed into a community transition program. However, the offender may request that an assignment to a community transition program be delayed if the offender will be enrolled in department programming on the community transition program commencement date designated by the department.
(b) The community transition program, following a hearing and upon a finding of probable cause that the offender has failed to comply with a rule or condition under section 11 of this chapter, may:
(1) request a court to issue a warrant ordering the department to immediately:
(A) return the offender to the department; or
(B) reassign the offender to a program or facility administered by the department; or
(2) take disciplinary action against an offender who violates rules of conduct. Disciplinary action under this subdivision may include the loss of educational credit or good time credit under IC 35-50-6-5.
(c) An offender who is returned to the department under subsection (b) is not eligible for assignment to another community transition program for the duration of the sentence or sentences the offender is actively serving.
As added by P.L.90-2000, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.85-2004, SEC.37; P.L.74-2015, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 11.5. Assignment to Community Transition Program › 11-10-11.5-12. Collection and Distribution of Earnings

Sec. 12. (a) Any earnings of a person employed while in a community transition program, less payroll deductions required by law and court ordered deductions for satisfaction of a judgment against that person, may be collected by the community transition program at the discretion of the community transition program. Unless otherwise ordered by the sentencing court, if the community transition program collects the earnings under this section, the remaining earnings shall be distributed in the following order:
(1) To pay state and federal income taxes and Social Security deductions not otherwise withheld.
(2) To pay the cost of membership in an employee organization.
(3) Not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the person's gross earnings, if that amount of the gross is available after the above deductions, to be given to that person or retained for the person, with accrued interest, until the person's release or discharge.
(4) To pay for the person's room and board or electronic monitoring provided by the community transition program.
(5) To pay transportation costs to and from work and other work related incidental expenses incurred by the community transition program.
(6) To pay court ordered costs, fines, or restitution.
(b) After the amounts prescribed in subsection (a) are deducted, the remaining amount may be used to:
(1) when directed by the person or ordered by the court, pay for the support of the person's dependents (if the person's dependents are receiving welfare assistance, the appropriate office of family and children or welfare department in another state shall be notified of such disbursements); and
(2) with the consent of the person, pay to the person's victims or others any unpaid obligations of that person.
(c) Any remaining amount shall be given to the person or retained for the person according to subsection (a)(3).
(d) The collection of room and board or electronic monitoring costs under subsection (a)(4) may be waived.
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.208. Amended by P.L.90-2000, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 11.5. Assignment to Community Transition Program › 11-10-11.5-14. Medical Care While in Program

Sec. 14. (a) A person assigned to a community transition program is responsible for the person's medical care while in the program. However, if the sentencing court finds that the person is unable to pay for necessary medical care, the department shall provide for the necessary medical care.
(b) The department, without a hearing, may transfer a person assigned to a community transition program to a facility operated by the department or another place determined by the department for medical treatment that is not covered by payments made by the offender or by insurance covering the offender.
(c) Whenever the department makes a transfer under subsection (b), the department may:
(1) reassign the offender from the community transition program to another facility or program; or
(2) continue the offender's assignment to the community transition program and return the offender to the community transition program upon the completion of the medical treatment.
(d) An offender who is transferred for medical treatment under subsection (b) continues to earn good time credit during the period of the offender's medical treatment.
(e) The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this section.
As added by P.L.90-2000, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.74-2015, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 12. Release Procedures › 11-10-12-1. Committed Offenders; Return of Property, Issuance of Clothes

Sec. 1. (a) When a committed offender is released on parole or discharged from the department, the department shall:
(1) within a reasonable period of time, return any property or money, including accumulated earnings, held for the offender; and
(2) provide him, if he is unable to provide them for himself, with at least one (1) set of clothing appropriate for the season of the year of such quality and styling that he will not be identified as an ex-offender.
(b) The department, upon request by the offender, may issue a complete set of serviceable work clothing, including work shoes, to an offender whose occupation will require such clothing.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 12. Release Procedures › 11-10-12-2. Transportation of Released Offender; Money for Immediate Needs

Sec. 2. (a) When a committed criminal offender is released on parole or probation or is discharged, the department, at the discretion of the department and subject to subsection (c), shall:
(1) either:
(A) procure transportation for the released offender to the released offender's designated place of residence;
(B) procure public transportation for the released offender to the Indiana city or town that is nearest to the released offender's designated place of residence; or
(C) upon request of the released offender, provide transportation for the released offender to any other place in Indiana as the commissioner may designate; and
(2) provide the released offender with an amount of money to be determined by the department in accordance with procedures approved by the budget agency to enable the released offender to meet the released offender's immediate needs.
Except as provided in subdivision (2), a released offender is not entitled to receive a payment in lieu of transportation under this subsection.
(b) The department shall establish standards for use in determining the amount of money to be paid under subsection (a)(2) to a released offender upon release on parole or probation or upon discharge. These standards:
(1) must be consistently applied to each released offender upon release or discharge;
(2) must take into account amounts earned by a released offender through a work release program before release or discharge; and
(3) may allow for no payment to a released offender who is determined by the department to have accumulated a sufficient amount of money to meet the released offender's immediate needs upon release or discharge.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the department may not provide transportation to, or procure transportation or public transportation to, a county other than the released offender's county of residence at the time of conviction.
(d) The department may provide transportation to, or procure transportation or public transportation to, a county other than the released offender's county of residence at the time of conviction if the released offender:
(1) has been ordered by a court to serve home detention, probation, or community corrections in a county other than the released offender's county of residence; or
(2) provides written proof that:
(A) the released offender has been accepted into a reentry program offered or approved by a:
(i) court;
(ii) state agency; or
(iii) local county or municipal agency; and
(B) the:
(i) released offender has employment; or
(ii) reentry program plan includes a housing plan that has been approved or established by an entity described in clause (A)(i) through (A)(iii). For purposes of this item, a housing plan does not include housing provided by a homeless shelter.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.128-1985, SEC.1; P.L.240-1991(ss2), SEC.56; P.L.264-1999, SEC.1; P.L.212-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 12. Release Procedures › 11-10-12-3. Committed Delinquent Offenders; Transportation, Immediate Financial Needs

Sec. 3. When a committed delinquent offender is released on parole or discharged, the department shall, when the offender's parents, guardian, or custodian have not provided transportation, procure transportation to his destination. If the department determines that a paroled or discharged offender's immediate financial needs will not be provided for, it shall provide him with an amount of money to be determined by the department, with the approval of the state budget agency, to assist him in meeting those needs.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 12. Release Procedures › 11-10-12-4. Certification of Discharge; Informing Offender of Restoration of Voting Rights; Serious Sex Offender Issues

Sec. 4. Upon the discharge of a criminal offender, the department shall do the following:
(1) Certify the discharge to the clerk of the sentencing court, who shall make an entry on the record of judgment that the sentence has been satisfied.
(2) Inform the criminal offender in writing of the right to register to vote under IC 3-7-13-5.
(3) Provide the criminal offender with a copy of the voter's bill of rights prescribed by the Indiana election commission under IC 3-5-8.
(4) If the criminal offender is a serious sex offender (as defined in IC 35-42-4-14(a)), inform the criminal offender that:
(A) a serious sex offender who knowingly or intentionally enters school property commits unlawful entry by a serious sex offender, a Level 6 felony, under IC 35-42-4-14(b); and
(B) a serious sex offender may be eligible to vote by mail or absentee ballot.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.9-2004, SEC.19; P.L.235-2015, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 12. Release Procedures › 11-10-12-5. Assistance to Committed Offenders in Applying for Tanf

Sec. 5. (a) The department shall assist a committed offender in applying for assistance under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program (45 CFR 260 et seq.) so that the committed offender might be eligible for assistance when the offender is subsequently:
(1) released on parole;
(2) assigned to a community transition program; or
(3) discharged from the department.
(b) The department shall provide the assistance described in subsection (a) in sufficient time to ensure that the committed offender will be able to receive assistance at the time the committed offender is:
(1) released on parole;
(2) assigned to a community transition program; or
(3) discharged from the department.
As added by P.L.161-2007, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 12. Release Procedures › 11-10-12-5.3. Assistance in Medicaid Application Before Release or Discharge; Timing of Assistance; Medicaid Authorization

Sec. 5.3. (a) The department shall assist a committed offender in applying for Medicaid, as the authorized representative as described in IC 11-10-3-7 or as a health navigator under the requirements of IC 27-19-2-12, so that the committed offender might be eligible for assistance when the offender is subsequently:
(1) released on parole;
(2) assigned to a community transition program; or
(3) discharged from the department.
(b) The department shall provide the assistance described in subsection (a) in sufficient time to ensure that the committed offender will be able to receive assistance at the time the committed offender is:
(1) released on parole;
(2) assigned to a community transition program; or
(3) discharged from the department.
(c) The department shall implement the requirements under this section to establish an inmate's Medicaid coverage regardless of the inmate's medical need. Upon a determination that the inmate qualifies for Medicaid coverage, the office of the secretary of family and social services, division of family resources, shall authorize and then immediately suspend Medicaid coverage for those inmates not requiring immediate medical attention.
As added by P.L.185-2015, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 12. Release Procedures › 11-10-12-5.7. Assistance in Securing Treatment for Mental Illness or Addictive Disorder Upon Release or Discharge; Timing of Assistance; Medicaid; Use of Outside Entity

Sec. 5.7. (a) The department shall assist a committed offender who has a mental illness or addictive disorder in securing treatment through an approved Medicaid program, as the authorized representative as described in IC 11-10-3-7 or as a health navigator under the requirements of IC 27-19-2-12, so that the committed offender might be eligible for treatment when the offender is:
(1) released on parole;
(2) assigned to a community transition program;
(3) discharged from the department; or
(4) required to receive inpatient psychiatric services while incarcerated to the extent authorized under federal law.
(b) The department shall provide the assistance described in subsection (a) in sufficient time to ensure that the committed offender will be able to receive treatment at the time the committed offender is:
(1) released on parole;
(2) assigned to a community transition program; or
(3) discharged from the department.
(c) Subject to federal law, an inmate placed in a work release program or other department program involving alternative sentencing programs is eligible for Medicaid covered services.
(d) The department may use a community mental health center (as defined in IC 12-7-2-38), hospital, mental health professional, or other provider certified or licensed by the division of mental health and addiction to provide treatment for a mental illness or addictive disorder through the Medicaid program.
(e) The department may permit an offender committed to the department to remain within a treatment facility operated by the department for not more than fourteen (14) days past the offender's mandatory release date, if:
(1) the offender has a serious physical or mental disorder or disability;
(2) the offender is being held in the treatment facility operated by the department until the offender may be placed in a similar treatment setting outside the department;
(3) the department made a good faith effort to timely place the offender in a treatment setting outside the department on or before the offender's mandatory release date; and
(4) the offender:
(A) consents to being held in a treatment facility operated by the department beyond the offender's mandatory release date; or
(B) has been ordered by a court to be committed to a treatment setting outside the department.
As added by P.L.185-2015, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.6-2021, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 12. Release Procedures › 11-10-12-6. Committed Offender's Use of Internet for Employment Search; Restrictions

Sec. 6. (a) The department, during the ninety (90) days before a committed offender is:
(1) released on parole;
(2) assigned to a community transition program;
(3) discharged from the department; or
(4) released on probation;
shall allow the committed offender to have Internet access to use web sites that contain employment information in accordance with rules adopted by the department.
(b) The department shall provide employment counseling and Internet assistance to a committed offender who qualifies for Internet access under subsection (a), by a person trained in employment counseling and the use of Internet employment services.
(c) The department may restrict Internet access for a committed offender under subsection (a) if the committed offender:
(1) has a warrant or detainer seeking transfer of the person to a county or another jurisdiction;
(2) is no longer within ninety (90) days of release due to loss of educational credit or good time credit, or the imposition of an additional criminal sentence;
(3) does not reside in a department facility; or
(4) has engaged in misconduct involving use of the Internet.
As added by P.L.119-2008, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.74-2015, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 12. Release Procedures › 11-10-12-7. Required Meeting to Discuss Current and Future Career Opportunities; Space; Annual Report; Exceptions; Waiver

Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "intermediary" has the meaning set forth in IC 21-18-1-3.5.
(b) As used in this section, "labor organization" has the meaning set forth in IC 22-6-6-5.
(c) Except as provided in subsections (g), (h), and (i), the department, during the one hundred eighty (180) days before a committed offender is:
(1) released on parole;
(2) assigned to a community transition program;
(3) discharged from the department; or
(4) released on probation;
shall require the committed offender to meet in person at least one (1) time with an intermediary, an employer, or a labor organization to discuss current and future career opportunities and the necessary education levels for various careers.
(d) The department shall provide space for the meeting required under subsection (c).
(e) For purposes of subsection (c), an offender may meet only with an intermediary, an employer, or a labor organization that is included on the list prepared under IC 21-18-19-1.
(f) An intermediary, an employer, or a labor organization that meets with a committed offender under subsection (c) shall submit an annual report to the commission for higher education in the manner established by the commission for higher education under IC 21-18-19-1.
(g) The meeting requirement under subsection (c) does not apply to a committed offender who is participating in the department's Hoosier Initiative for Re-Entry Program.
(h) If the department determines that no intermediaries, employers, or labor organizations are willing to meet with committed offenders under subsection (c), the department may submit to the governor's workforce cabinet a written request to waive the meeting requirement.
(i) The meeting requirement under subsection (c) does not apply if the department determines that a meeting under subsection (c) cannot be safely held. If the department makes a determination under this subsection, the department shall provide notice to the governor's workforce cabinet.
As added by P.L.202-2023, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 13. Costs of Incarceration › 11-10-13-1. Methodology for Determining the Average Daily Cost of Incarcerating an Offender

Sec. 1. The department shall develop a methodology for determining the average daily cost of incarcerating an offender.
As added by P.L.85-2004, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 13. Costs of Incarceration › 11-10-13-2. Department's Duty to Determine the Average Daily Cost of Incarceration

Sec. 2. The department shall determine the average daily cost of incarcerating an offender in:
(1) the department; and
(2) each county jail.
As added by P.L.85-2004, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 13. Costs of Incarceration › 11-10-13-3. Report of Cost of Incarceration to Be Provided to Certain Criminal Courts

Sec. 3. The department shall provide each court with jurisdiction over felony and misdemeanor cases with a report enumerating the average daily costs of incarcerating an offender.
As added by P.L.85-2004, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 13. Costs of Incarceration › 11-10-13-4. Report to Be Updated Biannually; Exception

Sec. 4. (a) The department shall update the report described in section 3 of this chapter twice each calendar year. However, if the average daily cost of incarcerating an offender deviates less than one percent (1%) from the previous cost determination, the department is not required to update the report.
(b) The department shall update the report described in section 3 of this chapter, if necessary, after receiving the semiannual incarceration cost analysis from each county sheriff under IC 36-2-13-5.
As added by P.L.85-2004, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 13. Costs of Incarceration › 11-10-13-5. Use of County Data by the Department

Sec. 5. The department may use the semiannual incarceration cost analysis of a county sheriff under IC 36-2-13-5 as the daily cost of incarcerating an offender in that county jail.
As added by P.L.85-2004, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 13. Costs of Incarceration › 11-10-13-6. Annual Actuarial Study of Projected Costs of Incarceration; Study to Be Provided to Legislative Council

Sec. 6. (a) The department shall annually conduct or contract with a third party to annually conduct an actuarially based study of projected costs of incarceration.
(b) The study must:
(1) consider:
(A) the present and anticipated future costs of incarcerating the current inmate population;
(B) the effect of educational credit and good time credit;
(C) the effect of inmate mortality rates;
(D) the projected increase in costs of incarceration; and
(E) any other factor determined to be relevant by the department or the third party contractor; and
(2) provide an analysis of the projected costs of incarceration for each subsequent calendar year after the year the study is conducted until each inmate in the current inmate population is no longer serving the executed sentence for which the inmate is incarcerated in the department.
(c) The department shall include the results of the study in the annual report made under IC 11-8-2-5(a)(16).
As added by P.L.85-2004, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.74-2015, SEC.11; P.L.130-2018, SEC.38.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 14. Transitional Dormitories › 11-10-14-1. Transitional Dormitory

Sec. 1. Before January 1, 2007, the department may provide a transitional dormitory at any security facility approved by the commissioner.
As added by P.L.213-2005, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 14. Transitional Dormitories › 11-10-14-2. Programming and Training; Volunteers; Contract With Faith Based Organization

Sec. 2. (a) A transitional dormitory may provide programming and training in the following areas:
(1) Drug addiction and alcoholism treatment.
(2) Employment skills and vocations.
(3) Personal responsibility.
(4) Faith and religion.
(5) Peer support.
(6) Motivation.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the department shall:
(1) use volunteers recruited under section 4(b)(2) of this chapter; and
(2) provide other staff;
necessary for the operation of a transitional dormitory.
(c) The department may contract with a faith based organization to provide staff necessary for the operation of a transitional dormitory.
As added by P.L.213-2005, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 14. Transitional Dormitories › 11-10-14-3. Application; Eligibility

Sec. 3. (a) An offender who wishes to reside in a transitional dormitory must submit a written application to the director of the transitional dormitory. An application must be on a form prescribed by the department.
(b) The director shall review each application and, not more than thirty (30) days after receipt of the application, issue a written decision to the offender.
(c) The director may determine eligibility based on the following criteria:
(1) A preference shall be given to an offender who has less than twenty-four (24) months until the offender's expected release date.
(2) Previous disciplinary action taken against an offender under IC 11-11-5-3.
(3) Security risks presented by admitting an offender to a transitional dormitory.
(4) An offender's demonstrated interest in the programs offered by a transitional dormitory.
(5) An offender's previous attempts to reside in a transitional dormitory at any penal facility.
(6) Other criteria developed by the department.
(d) An offender being treated under IC 11-10-4 is ineligible for placement in a transitional dormitory unless a psychiatrist treating the offender certifies to the director at or near the time the offender submits an application under subsection (a) that the offender can meaningfully participate in the programs offered by a transitional dormitory.
As added by P.L.213-2005, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 14. Transitional Dormitories › 11-10-14-4. Director; Responsibilities

Sec. 4. (a) The department shall select a person to be the director of each transitional dormitory. The department may select a person to be a director who is employed by a faith based organization.
(b) The director's responsibilities include the following:
(1) Implement each program component.
(2) Recruit volunteers to provide instruction and training in the transitional dormitory with an emphasis on recruiting volunteers for religious programs.
(3) Oversee the day to day operations of the transitional dormitory.
(4) Provide information requested by the warden regarding an offender or a program.
(5) Remove an offender from the transitional dormitory for:
(A) population management concerns;
(B) misconduct;
(C) security or safety concerns;
(D) mental health concerns; or
(E) lack of meaningful participation in the programs and training.
As added by P.L.213-2005, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.67-2017, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 14. Transitional Dormitories › 11-10-14-5. Annual Report

Sec. 5. (a) The department shall include an evaluation report on the faith based transitional dormitory program in the annual report made under IC 11-8-2-5(a)(16).
(b) The report described in subsection (a) must contain the following:
(1) An extensive evaluation of the faith based transitional dormitory program.
(2) Statistics that include the number of inmates who:
(A) have enrolled in a faith based transitional dormitory program;
(B) have completed a faith based transitional dormitory program; and
(C) have been released from the department and did not participate in a faith based transitional dormitory program.
(3) The results of a survey of the employees of faith based transitional dormitories. The survey must ask the employees their opinions concerning the progress of the faith based transitional dormitories, how the program could improve, and how the program is successful.
As added by P.L.213-2005, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.130-2018, SEC.39.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 15. Offender Reentry Administrative Account › 11-10-15-1. Eligibility

Sec. 1. (a) An offender is not eligible for an offender reentry administrative account under this chapter if the offender's expected release date is after the date when the offender would be eighty (80) years of age, except if:
(1) the offender's appeals have not been exhausted;
(2) the department determines the offender may have an offender reentry administrative account; and
(3) the offender agrees to have an offender reentry administrative account.
An offender reentry administrative account established for an offender described in this subsection is subject to all other department rules concerning offender reentry administrative accounts.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (a), the department shall provide each offender who has earnings under IC 11-10-6, IC 11-10-7, or IC 11-10-8 with an offender reentry administrative account.
As added by P.L.104-2009, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 15. Offender Reentry Administrative Account › 11-10-15-2. Offender's Earnings

Sec. 2. The part of an offender's earnings distributed under IC 11-10-6-3(d), IC 11-10-7-5(a)(6), or IC 11-10-8-6(a)(8) shall be deposited in the offender reentry administrative account of the offender.
As added by P.L.104-2009, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 15. Offender Reentry Administrative Account › 11-10-15-3. Withdrawal of Funds

Sec. 3. The funds in the offender reentry administrative account of an offender may not be withdrawn before the offender's release or discharge from incarceration by the department.
As added by P.L.104-2009, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 15. Offender Reentry Administrative Account › 11-10-15-4. Offender Released or Discharged From Incarceration

Sec. 4. When an offender is released or discharged from incarceration by the department, the department shall issue the offender a check for the balance in the offender's offender reentry administrative account.
As added by P.L.104-2009, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 15. Offender Reentry Administrative Account › 11-10-15-5. Closure of Account

Sec. 5. Once an offender reentry administrative account has been established under this chapter, the account may not be closed until the offender is no longer confined with the department.
As added by P.L.104-2009, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 15. Offender Reentry Administrative Account › 11-10-15-6. Fiduciary Duty

Sec. 6. The department owes a fiduciary duty to an offender who has an offender reentry administrative account for any funds deposited into the offender's reentry administrative account.
As added by P.L.104-2009, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 16. Specialized Vocational Program › 11-10-16-1. Specialized Vocational Programs; Eligible Inmates

Sec. 1. (a) The department may provide a specialized vocational program to train minimum security risk inmates in a trade that is capable of providing an inmate with employment paying a sustainable wage.
(b) The specialized vocational program may include, but is not limited to, training in:
(1) truck driving;
(2) manufacturing;
(3) plumbing;
(4) heating, ventilation, and air conditioning;
(5) construction; and
(6) diesel technology.
(c) An inmate may participate in a specialized vocational program only if the inmate is eligible to work outside a perimeter fence.
As added by P.L.73-2015, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 16. Specialized Vocational Program › 11-10-16-2. Admission Criteria

Sec. 2. (a) The department may require the following criteria for admission into a specialized vocational program:
(1) An inmate with less than twenty-four (24) months until the inmate's expected release date may be given preference for participation in the specialized vocational program.
(2) An inmate who has been disciplined for misconduct within the previous year is not eligible for participation in the specialized vocational program.
(3) An inmate who presents a security risk is not eligible for participation in the specialized vocational program.
(4) An inmate who is under the care of a physician is eligible for participation in the specialized vocational program if the physician determines that the inmate can meaningfully and safely participate in the program.
(b) The department may require an inmate to have successfully completed or be currently enrolled in other programs provided by the department, including:
(1) a drug addiction and alcoholism treatment program;
(2) an employment skills and vocational program;
(3) a personal responsibility program;
(4) a peer support program;
(5) a motivation program;
(6) a parenting program; and
(7) a program in preparation for a state of Indiana high school equivalency diploma.
As added by P.L.73-2015, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 16. Specialized Vocational Program › 11-10-16-3. Program Directors; Duties

Sec. 3. (a) The warden may appoint a person to direct the specialized vocational program. Each facility that has a specialized vocational program must have a facility manager to direct the program.
(b) The director shall do the following:
(1) Establish and oversee the day to day operations of the specialized vocational program.
(2) Recruit volunteers and businesses to provide instruction and training in:
(A) the specialized vocational program; and
(B) any related certification program.
(3) Provide information requested by the warden regarding an inmate or a specialized vocational program.
(4) Determine the appropriate number of inmates in each specialized vocational program, considering the availability of:
(A) qualified staff; and
(B) appropriate facilities and equipment.
The director may remove one (1) or more inmates from a program if necessary to comply with this subdivision.
(5) Remove an inmate from a specialized vocational program at any time due to:
(A) misconduct;
(B) security issues;
(C) safety issues;
(D) health concerns; or
(E) lack of meaningful participation in the program.
(6) Carry out other duties concerning the specialized vocational program as directed by the warden.
As added by P.L.73-2015, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.67-2017, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 10. Correctional Services and Programs › Chapter 16. Specialized Vocational Program › 11-10-16-4. Program Applications

Sec. 4. (a) An inmate who wishes to participate in a specialized vocational program must submit a written application to the director. The application must be on a form prescribed by the department.
(b) The director shall review each application and, not more than thirty (30) days after receipt of the application, issue a written decision to the inmate.
(c) The director shall determine eligibility in accordance with this chapter. In addition, the director may consider any other relevant information contained in the inmate's written application that may have a bearing on the inmate's ability to successfully complete the specialized vocational program, including the inmate's demonstrated interest in the program.
As added by P.L.73-2015, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 11. Correctional Standards and Procedures › Chapter 1. Grievance Procedure › 11-11-1-1. "Administrative Act" Defined

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "administrative act" means an action, decision, directive, omission, policy, practice, procedure, or rule of the department or one (1) of its employees.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 11. Correctional Standards and Procedures › Chapter 1. Grievance Procedure › 11-11-1-2. Submission of Grievances; Minimum Requirements

Sec. 2. The commissioner shall implement a departmental procedure in which a committed person may submit grievances arising out of the administrative acts of the department that affect that person. Although the procedure should encourage flexibility and informality in the resolution of grievances, it must be consistent with the following minimum requirements:
(1) A committed person shall be informed of the grievance procedure as part of his orientation.
(2) The department must periodically communicate to a committed person the rules and policies affecting him.
(3) The department shall keep the person reasonably informed as to the status and ultimate disposition of his grievance.
(4) The department may not undertake any act or practice that would discipline a person for, or otherwise discourage or limit him from, utilizing the grievance procedure.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 11. Correctional Standards and Procedures › Chapter 1. Grievance Procedure › 11-11-1-3. Utilization of Committed Persons in Grievance Procedure

Sec. 3. The procedure established under section 2 of this chapter may provide for the utilization of committed persons in the grievance procedure.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 11. Correctional Standards and Procedures › Chapter 1. Grievance Procedure › 11-11-1-4. Procedure

Sec. 4. For purposes of IC 4-22-2, the term "procedure" 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.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 11. Correctional Standards and Procedures › Chapter 1.5. Department of Correction Ombudsman Bureau › 11-11-1.5-1. "Bureau" Defined

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "bureau" refers to the department of correction ombudsman bureau established within the department of administration by IC 4-13-1.2-3. The term includes individuals approved to act in the capacity of ombudsmen by the department of correction ombudsman bureau.
As added by P.L.292-2001, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 11. Correctional Standards and Procedures › Chapter 1.5. Department of Correction Ombudsman Bureau › 11-11-1.5-2. "Ombudsman" Defined

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "ombudsman" means an employee of the bureau or an individual approved by the bureau to investigate and resolve complaints regarding the health and safety of any person, and violations by the department of specific laws, rules, or written policies.
As added by P.L.292-2001, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 11. Correctional Standards and Procedures › Chapter 1.5. Department of Correction Ombudsman Bureau › 11-11-1.5-3. Access to Records and Other Facilities

Sec. 3. The department shall provide an ombudsman with:
(1) appropriate access to the records of an offender who files a complaint under this chapter; and
(2) immediate access to any correctional facility administered or supervised by the department of correction.
As added by P.L.292-2001, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 11. Correctional Standards and Procedures › Chapter 1.5. Department of Correction Ombudsman Bureau › 11-11-1.5-5. No Investigation of Certain Employment Complaints

Sec. 5. An ombudsman shall not investigate a complaint from an employee of the department that relates to the employee's employment relationship with the department.
As added by P.L.292-2001, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 11. Correctional Standards and Procedures › Chapter 2. Searches and Seizures › 11-11-2-1. Definitions

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 money in a confined person's account that was derived from fraud under IC 35-43-5-4(b)(6).
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.81-2008, SEC.2; P.L.174-2021, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 11. Correctional Standards and Procedures › Chapter 2. Searches and Seizures › 11-11-2-2. Prohibited Property; Notification of Classification; Permitted Property

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 permitted to possess, in which event all other property not contraband is prohibited property. Property that a confined person is otherwise permitted to possess may become prohibited property due to the means by which it is possessed or used.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 11. Correctional Standards and Procedures › Chapter 2. Searches and Seizures › 11-11-2-3. Procedure for Reasonable Searches and Seizures

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 persons. The department shall establish procedures for searches and seizures.
(c) For purposes of IC 4-22-2, the term "procedures" 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.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 11. Correctional Standards and Procedures › Chapter 2. Searches and Seizures › 11-11-2-4. Seized Property; Written Notice to Affected Person; Disposition

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 the department's action may be challenged through the grievance procedure.
(b) When the department seizes property of a confined person that it later determines is neither contraband nor prohibited property, it shall return the property to that person or make such other reasonable disposition as directed by that person.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) or section 6 of this chapter, when the department seizes prohibited property, it shall forward the property to a person or address designated by the confined person or make any other reasonable disposition.
(d) Except as provided in section 6 of this chapter, money seized as prohibited property shall be deposited in the inmate recreation fund of that institution established under IC 4-24-6-6.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.4. Amended by Acts 1980, P.L.87, SEC.6; P.L.81-2008, SEC.3.