2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 13. Probation and Parole › Chapter 3. Parole and Discharge of Criminal Offenders › 11-13-3-11. Lifetime Parole Conditions

Sec. 11. (a) As used in this section, "Internet crime against a child" means a conviction for a violation of:
(1) IC 35-42-4-4(b) or IC 35-42-4-4(c) (child exploitation);
(2) IC 35-42-4-4(d) or IC 35-42-4-4(e) (possession of child pornography); or
(3) IC 35-42-4-6 (child solicitation).
(b) When a person is placed on lifetime parole, the department shall provide the parolee with a written statement of the conditions of lifetime parole. The parolee shall sign the statement, retain a copy, and provide a copy to the department. The department shall place the signed statement in the parolee's master file.
(c) As a condition of lifetime parole, the parole board shall:
(1) require a parolee who is a sexually violent predator (as defined in IC 35-38-1-7.5) to:
(A) inform the parolee's parole agent of any changes to the parolee's residence, employment, or contact information not later than seventy-two (72) hours after the change;
(B) report to the parole agent as instructed;
(C) avoid contact with any person who is less than sixteen (16) years of age, unless the parolee receives written authorization from the parole board; and
(D) avoid contact with the victim of any sex crime committed by that parolee, unless the parolee receives written authorization from the parole board;
(2) prohibit a parolee who is a sexually violent predator convicted of an Internet crime against a child from:
(A) accessing or using certain Internet web sites, chat rooms, or instant messaging programs frequented by children; and
(B) deleting, erasing, or tampering with data on the parolee's personal computer;
(3) prohibit a parolee who is a sexually violent predator from owning, operating, managing, being employed by, or volunteering at an attraction designed to be primarily enjoyed by a child less than sixteen (16) years of age; and
(4) require a parolee to allow the parolee's supervising parole agent or another person authorized by the parole board to visit the parolee's residence, real property, or place of employment.
(d) As a condition of lifetime parole, the parole board may require a sexually violent predator to participate in a sex offender treatment program approved by the parole board.
(e) As a condition of lifetime parole, the parole board may require a parolee who is:
(1) a sexually violent predator; or
(2) required to register as a sex or violent offender under IC 11-8-8-5 due to a conviction for murder (IC 35-42-1-1) or voluntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-3);
to wear a monitoring device (as described in IC 35-38-2.5-3) that can transmit information twenty-four (24) hours each day regarding a person's precise location, subject to a validated sex offender risk assessment or appropriate violent offender risk assessment, and subject to the amount appropriated to the department for a monitoring program as a condition of lifetime parole.
(f) When an offender is placed on lifetime parole, the parole board shall inform the sheriff and the prosecuting attorney of the offender's current county of residence:
(1) that the offender has been placed on lifetime parole; and
(2) whether the offender is required to wear a monitoring device as described in subsection (e).
(g) The parole board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to impose additional conditions of lifetime parole and to implement this section.
As added by P.L.45-2022, SEC.2.