Indiana Code
Chapter 11. Emergency Transfer of Certain Jail Inmates
35-33-11-3. Overcrowding or Inadequacy of Local Penal Facility

Sec. 3. Upon petition by the sheriff alleging that:
(1) the local penal facility is overcrowded or otherwise physically inadequate to house inmates; and
(2) another sheriff or the commissioner of the department of correction has agreed to accept custody of inmates from the sheriff;
the court may order inmates transferred to the custody of the person who has agreed to accept custody. Whenever a transfer order is necessary under this section, only inmates serving a sentence after conviction for a crime may be transferred, unless the overcrowding or inadequacy of the facility also requires transfer of inmates awaiting trial or sentencing.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.298, SEC.2.

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