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2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 21. School Safety › Chapter 3. Specialized Firearms Instruction for Teachers, School Staff, and School Employees › 10-21-3-2. Grant Application; Eligibility

Sec. 2. A charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or school corporation that has a teacher, staff member, or employee who is:
(1) currently employed by:
(A) a charter school;
(B) an accredited nonpublic school; or
(C) a school corporation;
(2) not currently subject to:
(A) an administrative suspension or investigation;
(B) a disciplinary complaint or disciplinary investigation;
(C) a criminal investigation or prosecution; or
(D) any proceeding or investigation comparable to those described in clauses (A) through (C); and
(3) authorized by:
(A) a school board (as defined by IC 20-26-9-4); or
(B) the body that administers an accredited nonpublic school or a charter school established under IC 20-24;
to carry a firearm in or on school property;
may apply to the department for a grant from the Indiana secured school fund established by IC 10-21-1-2.
As added by P.L.218-2023, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 21. School Safety › Chapter 3. Specialized Firearms Instruction for Teachers, School Staff, and School Employees › 10-21-3-3. Grant Application; Form and Manner; Rules

Sec. 3. (a) A charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or school corporation shall apply for a grant from the department in the form and manner prescribed by the department.
(b) The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2, including emergency rules in the manner provided under IC 4-22-2-37.1, to implement this section.
As added by P.L.218-2023, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 21. School Safety › Chapter 3. Specialized Firearms Instruction for Teachers, School Staff, and School Employees › 10-21-3-5. Applicant Personality Inventory Testing

Sec. 5. A charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or school corporation that desires to apply for a grant from the department under section 3 of this chapter must require each teacher, school staff member, or school employee who seeks to use grant funds as specified under this chapter to:
(1) have successfully completed the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory 2 (MMPI-2); and
(2) be able to provide proof of having completed the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory 2 (MMPI-2) to the department upon request.
As added by P.L.218-2023, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 21. School Safety › Chapter 3. Specialized Firearms Instruction for Teachers, School Staff, and School Employees › 10-21-3-6. Specialized Firearms Instruction; Use of Grant Funds for Approved Course

Sec. 6. (a) A charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or school corporation that receives a grant from the department under section 3 of this chapter shall ensure that any teacher, school staff member, or school employee of the charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or school corporation who receives training funded by the grant enrolls in a course of firearms instruction that meets the requirements specified in section 4 of this chapter.
(b) The course of firearms instruction may be completed in parts or phases if permitted by the course instructor.
As added by P.L.218-2023, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 21. School Safety › Chapter 3. Specialized Firearms Instruction for Teachers, School Staff, and School Employees › 10-21-3-7. Specialized Firearms Instruction; Completion Certificate

Sec. 7. (a) A teacher, school staff member, or school employee who successfully completes a course of firearms instruction described in section 4 of this chapter shall be awarded a certificate of completion by the course instructor.
(b) A certificate of completion described under this section shall display the following information:
(1) The course enrollee's name.
(2) The course instructor's name.
(3) The course instructor's handwritten signature.
(4) The date of course completion.
(5) Any other information deemed relevant or necessary by the course instructor.
As added by P.L.218-2023, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 21. School Safety › Chapter 3. Specialized Firearms Instruction for Teachers, School Staff, and School Employees › 10-21-3-8. Specialized Firearms Instruction; Prohibitions

Sec. 8. A grant provided under section 3 of this chapter may not be used to acquire firearms instruction that:
(1) fails to address each topic and subtopic described in section 4 of this chapter; or
(2) is provided by a person lacking a valid certification or necessary qualification, as applicable, to teach each topic and subtopic described in section 4 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.218-2023, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 21. School Safety › Chapter 3. Specialized Firearms Instruction for Teachers, School Staff, and School Employees › 10-21-3-9. Violation and Reimbursement

Sec. 9. A charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or school corporation that:
(1) violates section 8 of this chapter;
(2) uses a grant provided under section 3 of this chapter for a purpose not specified in section 4 of this chapter; or
(3) is unable to provide the department with:
(A) a certificate of completion described in section 7(b) of this chapter for a teacher, school staff member, or school employee;
(B) proof that the teacher, school staff member, or school employee is:
(i) currently enrolled in; or
(ii) otherwise in the process of completing;
a course of firearms instruction that complies with section 4 of this chapter upon request; or
(C) proof that a teacher, school staff member, or school employee has completed the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory 2 (MMPI-2) upon request by the department;
must reimburse the department in an amount equal to the amount of any grant originally issued to the charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or school corporation under this chapter.
As added by P.L.218-2023, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 21. School Safety › Chapter 3. Specialized Firearms Instruction for Teachers, School Staff, and School Employees › 10-21-3-10. Confidentiality; Prohibition on Disclosure

Sec. 10. (a) The identity of a person who has enrolled in, participated in, or completed the firearms instruction described in section 4 of this chapter is confidential.
(b) A charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or school corporation may not disclose the identity of any person described in subsection (a) unless otherwise required by law.
As added by P.L.218-2023, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 1. Definitions › 11-8-1-1.5. "Accrued Time"

Sec. 1.5. "Accrued time" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-50-6-0.5.
As added by P.L.74-2015, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 1. Definitions › 11-8-1-5. "Committed"

Sec. 5. "Committed" means placed under the custody or made a ward of the department of correction. The term includes a minimum security assignment, including an assignment to a community transition program under IC 11-10-11.5.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.90-2000, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 1. Definitions › 11-8-1-5.5. "Community Transition Program"

Sec. 5.5. "Community transition program" means assignment of a person committed to the department to:
(1) a community corrections program; or
(2) in a county or combination of counties that do not have a community corrections program, a program of supervision by the probation department of a court;
for a period after a person's community transition program commencement date until the person completes the person's fixed term of imprisonment, less the credit time the person has earned with respect to the term.
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.205.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 1. Definitions › 11-8-1-5.6. "Community Transition Program Commencement Date"

Sec. 5.6. (a) "Community transition program commencement date" means the following:
(1) Not earlier than sixty (60) days and not later than thirty (30) days before an offender's expected release date, if the most serious offense for which the person is committed is a Class D felony (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 6 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014).
(2) Not earlier than ninety (90) days and not later than thirty (30) days before an offender's expected release date, if the most serious offense for which the person is committed is a Class C felony (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 5 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014) and subdivision (3) does not apply.
(3) Not earlier than one hundred twenty (120) days and not later than thirty (30) days before an offender's expected release date, if:
(A) the most serious offense for which the person is committed is a Class C felony (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 5 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014);
(B) all of the offenses for which the person was concurrently or consecutively sentenced are offenses under IC 16-42-19 or IC 35-48-4; and
(C) none of the offenses for which the person was concurrently or consecutively sentenced are nonsuspendible under IC 35-50-2-2.2.
(4) Not earlier than one hundred twenty (120) days and not later than thirty (30) days before an offender's expected release date, if the most serious offense for which the person is committed is a Class A or Class B felony (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014) and subdivision (5) does not apply.
(5) Not earlier than one hundred eighty (180) days and not later than thirty (30) days before an offender's expected release date, if:
(A) the most serious offense for which the person is committed is a Class A or Class B felony (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014);
(B) all of the offenses for which the person was concurrently or consecutively sentenced are offenses under IC 16-42-19 or IC 35-48-4; and
(C) none of the offenses for which the person was concurrently or consecutively sentenced are nonsuspendible under IC 35-50-2-2.2.
(b) This subsection applies only to a person whose community transition program commencement date is less than forty-five (45) days after May 11, 2008, solely as a result of the amendment of subsection (a) by P.L.291-2001. The community transition program commencement date for a person described by this subsection is June 26, 2001.
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.206. Amended by P.L.291-2001, SEC.223; P.L.85-2004, SEC.30; P.L.220-2011, SEC.242; P.L.158-2013, SEC.170.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 1. Definitions › 11-8-1-6. "Confined"

Sec. 6. "Confined" has the same meaning as "committed" except it does not refer to any part of:
(1) parole;
(2) a minimum security assignment to a program requiring periodic reporting to a designated official; or
(3) intermittent service of a term of imprisonment;
that does not entail imprisonment in a correctional or penal facility.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 1. Definitions › 11-8-1-8.5. "Expected Release Date"

Sec. 8.5. "Expected release date" means the most likely date on which a person would be entitled under IC 35-50-6-1(a)(2) or IC 35-50-6-1(a)(3) to release to the committing court for probation or release on parole considering:
(1) the term of the sentence;
(2) the term of any other concurrent or consecutive sentence that the person must serve;
(3) credit time that the person has earned before sentencing;
(4) credit time that the person has earned on and after sentencing; and
(5) the amount of credit time that the person would earn if the person remains in the credit time class in which the person is currently assigned during the person's period of imprisonment.
As added by P.L.273-1999, SEC.207.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 1. Definitions › 11-8-1-9. "Offender"

Sec. 9. "Offender" means:
(1) a criminal offender, which is a person of any age who is convicted of a crime; or
(2) a delinquent offender, which is a person who is adjudged delinquent by a juvenile court.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 1. Definitions › 11-8-1-10. "Person"

Sec. 10. "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, unincorporated association, or governmental entity.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.180.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 2. Organization of Department › 11-8-2-4. Office of Commissioner of Correction; Commissioner's Qualifications, Term, Salary

Sec. 4. There is established the office of commissioner of correction. The commissioner must hold at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and must have held a management position in correctional or related work for at least five (5) years. The commissioner shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor. The commissioner is entitled to a salary to be determined by the state budget agency with the approval of the governor.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 2. Organization of Department › 11-8-2-6. Deputy Commissioners; Appointment; Qualifications; Terms; Salary

Sec. 6. The commissioner shall appoint one (1) or more deputy commissioners. A deputy commissioner must hold at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and must have held a management position in correctional or related work for a minimum of three (3) years. A deputy commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. A deputy commissioner is entitled to a salary to be determined by the budget agency with the approval of the governor.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.246-2005, SEC.92.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 2. Organization of Department › 11-8-2-7. Correctional Facilities for Criminal Offenders and Delinquent Offenders; Wardens; Appointment; Qualifications; Salary; Vacancies

Sec. 7. (a) The commissioner shall determine which state owned or operated correctional facilities are to be maintained for criminal offenders and which are to be maintained for delinquent offenders.
(b) The commissioner shall determine which state owned or operated correctional facilities need, for effective management, administration by a warden. The commissioner shall appoint a warden for each correctional facility. However, the commissioner may appoint a person as warden of two (2) or more facilities if the commissioner finds that it would be economical to do so and would not adversely effect the management of the facilities.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), a warden must hold at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
(d) If a warden does not hold at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, the warden must have at least ten (10) years of experience in public safety work.
(e) In addition to the requirements described in subsections (c) and (d), a warden must have held a management position in correctional or related work for a minimum of five (5) years. A warden is entitled to a salary to be determined by the budget agency with the approval of the governor.
(f) If a warden position becomes vacant, the commissioner may appoint an acting warden to discharge the duties and powers of a warden on a temporary basis.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.43-2002, SEC.1; P.L.246-2005, SEC.93; P.L.47-2008, SEC.1; P.L.100-2012, SEC.28; P.L.67-2017, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 2. Organization of Department › 11-8-2-8. Personnel; Standards; Programs

Sec. 8. (a) The department shall cooperate with the state personnel department in establishing minimum qualification standards for employees of the department and in establishing a system of personnel recruitment, selection, employment, and distribution.
(b) The department shall conduct training programs designed to equip employees for duty in its facilities and programs and raise their level of performance. Training programs conducted by the department need not be limited to inservice training. They may include preemployment training, internship programs, and scholarship programs in cooperation with appropriate agencies. When funds are appropriated, the department may provide educational stipends or tuition reimbursement in such amounts and under such conditions as may be determined by the department and the personnel department.
(c) The department shall conduct a training program on cultural diversity awareness that must be a required course for each employee of the department who has contact with incarcerated persons.
(d) The department shall provide six (6) hours of training to employees who interact with persons with mental illness, addictive disorders, intellectual disabilities, and developmental disabilities concerning the interaction, to be taught by persons approved by the secretary of family and social services, using teaching methods approved by the secretary of family and social services and the commissioner. The commissioner or the commissioner's designee may credit hours of substantially similar training received by an employee toward the required six (6) hours of training.
(e) The department shall establish a correctional officer training program with a curriculum, and administration by agencies, to be determined by the commissioner. A certificate of completion shall be issued to any person satisfactorily completing the training program. A certificate may also be issued to any person who has received training in another jurisdiction if the commissioner determines that the training was at least equivalent to the training program maintained under this subsection.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.3-1989, SEC.94; P.L.25-2000, SEC.2; P.L.85-2004, SEC.41; P.L.246-2005, SEC.94; P.L.100-2012, SEC.29; P.L.117-2015, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 2. Organization of Department › 11-8-2-9. Research and Statistics

Sec. 9. (a) The department shall establish a program of research and statistics, alone or in cooperation with others, for the purpose of assisting in the identification and achievement of realistic short term and long term departmental goals, the making of administrative decisions, and the evaluation of the facilities and programs of the entire state correctional system. Information relating to the following must be compiled:
(1) An inventory of current facilities and programs, including residential and nonresidential community programs and offender participation.
(2) Population characteristics and trends, including the following concerning offenders:
(A) Ethnicity.
(B) Gender.
(3) Judicial sentencing practices.
(4) Service area resources, needs, and capabilities.
(5) Recidivism of offenders.
(6) Projected operating and capital expenditures.
(b) The department may conduct research into the causes, detection, and treatment of criminality and delinquency and disseminate the results of that research.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.142-1995, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 2. Organization of Department › 11-8-2-10. Continuance of Rules Adopted and in Effect on October 1, 1980

Sec. 10. All rules adopted by the department and in effect on October 1, 1980, continue in effect until amended or repealed by the department, according to IC 4-22-2, under rule-making authority given to the department under this article.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 2. Organization of Department › 11-8-2-11. Corrections Drug Abuse Fund

Sec. 11. (a) The corrections drug abuse fund is established. The department shall administer the fund. Expenditures from the fund may be made only in accordance with appropriations made by the general assembly.
(b) The department may use money from the fund to provide drug abuse therapy for offenders.
(c) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.
(d) Money in the fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
As added by P.L.51-1989, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 2. Organization of Department › 11-8-2-12. Education Costs Exemption for Survivors of Hazardous Duty Employee Who Dies in Line of Duty

Sec. 12. Each child and surviving spouse of a hazardous duty employee of the department who:
(1) works within a prison or juvenile facility; or
(2) performs parole or emergency response operations and functions;
and dies in the line of duty is eligible for an educational costs exemption as provided under IC 21-14-4.
As added by P.L.8-2006, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.150; P.L.112-2019, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 2. Organization of Department › 11-8-2-12.4. Duties Concerning the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry

Sec. 12.4. The department shall do the following:
(1) Maintain the Indiana sex and violent offender registry established under IC 36-2-13-5.5. The department shall ensure that a sex offender's Social Security number remains unavailable to the public.
(2) Prescribe and approve a format for sex or violent offender registration as required by IC 11-8-8.
(3) Provide:
(A) judges;
(B) law enforcement officials;
(C) prosecuting attorneys;
(D) parole officers;
(E) probation officers; and
(F) community corrections officials;
with information and training concerning the requirements of IC 11-8-8 and the use of the Indiana sex and violent offender registry.
(4) Upon request of a neighborhood association:
(A) transmit to the neighborhood association information concerning sex or violent offenders who reside near the location of the neighborhood association; or
(B) provide instructional materials concerning the use of the Indiana sex and violent offender registry to the neighborhood association.
(5) Maintain records on every sex or violent offender who:
(A) is incarcerated;
(B) has relocated out of state; and
(C) is no longer required to register due to the expiration of the sex or violent offender's registration period.
(6) Create policies that provide for a schedule of progressive parole incentives and violation sanctions, including judicial review procedures, and submit the policies to the parole board for review.
As added by P.L.140-2006, SEC.10 and P.L.173-2006, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.216-2007, SEC.8; P.L.179-2014, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 2. Organization of Department › 11-8-2-13. Operation of the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry

Sec. 13. (a) The Indiana sex and violent offender registry established under IC 36-2-13-5.5 and maintained by the department under section 12.4 of this chapter must include the names of each offender who is or has been required to register under IC 11-8-8.
(b) The department shall do the following:
(1) Ensure that the Indiana sex and violent offender registry is updated at least once per day with information provided by a local law enforcement authority (as defined in IC 11-8-8-2).
(2) Publish the Indiana sex and violent offender registry on the Internet through the computer gateway administered by the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1, and ensure that the Indiana sex and violent offender registry displays the following or similar words:
"Based on information submitted to law enforcement, a person whose name appears in this registry has been convicted of a sex or violent offense or has been adjudicated a delinquent child for an act that would be a sex or violent offense if committed by an adult.".
(3) If:
(A) an offender's registration period has expired as described in IC 11-8-8-19; or
(B) an offender is deceased;
ensure that the offender's information is no longer published to the public portal of the sex and violent offender registry Internet web site established under IC 36-2-13-5.5.
As added by P.L.140-2006, SEC.11 and P.L.173-2006, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.216-2007, SEC.9; P.L.214-2013, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 2. Organization of Department › 11-8-2-14. Correctional Professional's Fund

Sec. 14. (a) The correctional professionals assistance fund of Indiana is established to provide monetary assistance, including tuition assistance, to a correctional employee or the family member of a correctional employee. Monetary assistance may be paid from the fund to the correctional employee or a family member of a correctional employee if:
(1) the employee or employee's family member attends a postsecondary educational institution; or
(2) the employee:
(A) suffers a loss as the result of a natural disaster;
(B) is killed or injured in the line of duty; or
(C) is suffering from other catastrophic events defined by a written protocol approved by the commissioner.
(b) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.
(c) The fund consists of:
(1) grants;
(2) donations;
(3) employee contributions; and
(4) appropriations;
made to the fund.
(d) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund.
(e) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
(f) Money in the fund is continually appropriated to carry out the purposes of the fund.
As added by P.L.77-2009, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.23-2012, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 2. Organization of Department › 11-8-2-15. Completion of New Facilities; Closing Existing Facilities; Department Review; Conversion of Mental Health Facilities Into Correctional Facilities

Sec. 15. (a) Upon completion of a new correctional facility, the department shall conduct a review of the capacity of all previously existing facilities to determine the feasibility of closing the facilities. In conducting a review under this section, the department shall consider whether the closing of an existing facility would be consistent with the public safety and sound correctional policy.
(b) The executive department shall study the feasibility and economic impact of converting one (1) or more state mental health facilities into correctional facilities. The study shall be transmitted to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate before issuance of bonds to finance the construction of a new women's prison.
(c) This section codifies P.L.240-1991, SECTION 118. This section does not impose duties on the department of correction or the executive department other than the duties imposed by P.L.240-1991, SECTION 118.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.243.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 3. Contracts and Payment for Correctional Services › 11-8-3-1. Contract for Services for Committed Persons

Sec. 1. (a) The department may contract with any city, county, state, or federal authority, or with other public or private organizations, for:
(1) the custody, care, confinement, or treatment of committed persons; or
(2) subject to subsection (e), the provision of other correctional or related services to committed persons.
(b) Before transferring a committed person to the custody, care, or control of an agency or organization under such a contract, the department must approve the receiving facility or program as suitable for the supervision and care of the person.
(c) The department may contract with individuals for the provision of services to the department.
(d) To fund contracts under this section the department may use:
(1) its regular budgeted monies; and
(2) if applicable, monies deducted from the person's earnings under IC 11-10-7-5 or IC 11-10-8-6.
(e) After June 30, 2022, the department may not enter into or renew a contract with a provider of inmate calling services for the provision of inmate calling services at a correctional facility unless the terms of the contract comply with IC 24-5-27. Any term, condition, or provision that:
(1) is included in a contract that is entered into or renewed after June 30, 2022, for the provision of inmate calling services at a correctional facility; and
(2) violates IC 24-5-27;
is void.
(f) After June 30, 2022, a county owning or operating a correctional facility may not enter into or renew a contract with a provider of inmate calling services for the provision of inmate calling services at the correctional facility unless the terms of the contract comply with IC 24-5-27. Any term, condition, or provision that:
(1) is included in a contract that is entered into or renewed after June 30, 2022, for the provision of inmate calling services at the correctional facility; and
(2) violates IC 24-5-27;
is void.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.34-2022, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 3. Contracts and Payment for Correctional Services › 11-8-3-2. Contract to Receive Persons Into Facilities and Programs Operated by Department

Sec. 2. The department may contract with any city, county, state, other state, or federal authority to receive persons committed to that authority into facilities and programs operated by the department. The department may charge, under such contracts, fees for its services commensurate with its costs.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 3. Contracts and Payment for Correctional Services › 11-8-3-3. Repealed

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.205, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.5-1988, SEC.59. Repealed by P.L.242-1999, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact › 11-8-4-1. Declaration of Policy; Purpose

Sec. 1. The party states, desiring by common action fully to utilize and improve their institutional facilities and provide adequate programs for various types of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to provide such facilities and programs on a basis of cooperation with one another, thereby serving the best interests of such offenders and of society and effecting economies in capital expenditures and operational costs. The purpose of this compact is to provide for the mutual development and execution of such programs of cooperation for the confinement, care, and training of offenders with the most economical use of human and material resources.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact › 11-8-4-2. Definitions

Sec. 2. As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
"State" means a state of the United States; the United States of America; a territory or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
"Sending state" means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court commitment was had.
"Receiving state" means a state party to this compact to which an inmate is sent for confinement other than a state in which conviction or court commitment was had.
"Inmate" means a male or female offender who is committed, under sentence to or confined in a penal or correctional institution.
"Institution" means a penal or correctional facility, including but not limited to, a facility for individuals with a mental illness in which inmates may lawfully be confined.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.99-2007, SEC.38.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact › 11-8-4-3. Contracts With Other States; Contents

Sec. 3. (a) The department may make one (1) or more contracts with any one (1) or more of the other party states for the confinement of inmates on behalf of a sending state in institutions situated within receiving states. Any such contract shall provide for:
(1) Its duration.
(2) Payments to be made to the receiving state by the sending state for inmate maintenance, extraordinary medical and dental expenses, and any participation in or receipt by inmates of correctional services, facilities, programs, or treatment not reasonably included as part of normal maintenance.
(3) Participation in programs of inmate employment, if any; the disposition or crediting of any payments received by inmates on account thereof; and the crediting of proceeds from or disposal of any products resulting therefrom.
(4) Delivery and retaking of inmates.
(5) Such other matters as may be necessary and appropriate to fix the obligations, responsibilities, and rights of the sending and receiving states.
(b) The terms and provisions of this compact shall be a part of any contract entered into by the authority of or pursuant thereto, and nothing in any such contract shall be inconsistent therewith.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact › 11-8-4-4. Contracts With Other States; Confinement in Institution in Territory of Other Party State; Receiving State to Act as Agent for Sending State

Sec. 4. Whenever the duly constituted authorities in a state party to this compact, and which has entered into a contract pursuant to section 3 of this chapter, shall decide that confinement in, or transfer of an inmate to, an institution within the territory of another party state is necessary or desirable in order to provide adequate quarters and care or an appropriate correctional program, said officials may direct that the confinement be within an institution within the territory of said other party state, the receiving state to act in regard solely as agent for the sending state.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact › 11-8-4-5. Inspection of Facilities; Visiting Inmates in Institutions

Sec. 5. The appropriate officials of any state party to this compact shall have access, at all reasonable times, to any institution in which it has a contractual right to confine inmates for the purpose of inspecting the facilities thereof and visiting such of its inmates as may be confined in the institution.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact › 11-8-4-6. Inmates Subject to Jurisdiction of Sending State

Sec. 6. Inmates confined in an institution pursuant to the terms of this compact shall at all times be subject to the jurisdiction of the sending state and may at any time be removed therefrom for transfer to a prison or other institution within the sending state, for transfer to another institution in which the sending state may have a contractual or other right to confine inmates, for release on probation or parole, for discharge, or for any other purpose permitted by the laws of the sending state; provided, that the sending state shall continue to be obligated to such payments as may be required pursuant to the terms of any contract entered into under the terms of section 3 of this chapter.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact › 11-8-4-7. Reports on Inmates by Receiving State; Review

Sec. 7. Each receiving state shall provide regular reports to each sending state on the inmates of that sending state in institutions pursuant to this compact including a conduct record of each inmate and certify said record to the official designated by the sending state, in order that each inmate may have official review of his or her record in determining and altering the disposition of said inmate in accordance with the law which may obtain in the sending state and in order that the same may be a source of information for the sending state.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 11. Corrections › Article 8. General Provisions: Department of Correction › Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact › 11-8-4-8. Humane Treatment of Inmates

Sec. 8. All inmates who may be confined in an institution pursuant to the provisions of this compact shall be treated in a reasonable and humane manner and shall be treated equally with such similar inmates of the receiving state as may be confined in the same institution. The fact of confinement in a receiving state shall not deprive any inmate so confined of any legal rights which said inmate would have had if confined in an appropriate institution of the sending state.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.