Sec. 6. (a) A person imprisoned for a crime earns good time credit irrespective of the degree of security to which the person is assigned. Except as set forth under IC 35-38-2.5-5, a person does not earn good time credit while on parole or probation.
(b) A person imprisoned upon revocation of parole is initially assigned to the same credit time class to which the person was assigned at the time the person was released on parole.
(c) A person who, upon revocation of parole, is imprisoned on an intermittent basis does not earn credit time for the days the person spends on parole outside the institution.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.8. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.137; Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.15; P.L.166-2001, SEC.4; P.L.74-2015, SEC.37.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
Chapter 6. Release From Imprisonment and Credit Time
35-50-6-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
35-50-6-0.6. Effect of Enactments
35-50-6-2. Discharge From Imprisonment for a Misdemeanor
35-50-6-3. Credit Time Classes for a Person Convicted Before July 1, 2014
35-50-6-3.1. Credit Time Classes
35-50-6-3.3. Educational Credit Time
35-50-6-4. Credit Time Assignments
35-50-6-5. Deprivation of Credit Time
35-50-6-5.5. Credit Time Appeals
35-50-6-8. Person Serving Sentence of Life Imprisonment Without Parole Does Not Earn Credit Time