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Chapter 1. Definitions
11-8-1-1. Application of Definitions - Sec. 1. The definitions set out in this chapter apply...
11-8-1-1.5. "Accrued Time" - Sec. 1.5. "Accrued time" has the meaning set forth in...
11-8-1-2. "Adult" - Sec. 2. "Adult" means a person eighteen (18) years of...
11-8-1-3. Repealed - As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.246-2005,...
11-8-1-4. "Commissioner" - Sec. 4. "Commissioner" refers to the commissioner of correction. As...
11-8-1-5. "Committed" - Sec. 5. "Committed" means placed under the custody or made...
11-8-1-5.4. "Community Corrections Program" - Sec. 5.4. "Community corrections program" has the meaning set forth...
11-8-1-5.5. "Community Transition Program" - Sec. 5.5. "Community transition program" means assignment of a person...
11-8-1-5.6. "Community Transition Program Commencement Date" - Sec. 5.6. (a) "Community transition program commencement date" means the...
11-8-1-6. "Confined" - Sec. 6. "Confined" has the same meaning as "committed" except...
11-8-1-6.5. "Credit Time" - Sec. 6.5. "Credit time" has the meaning set forth in...
11-8-1-7. "Department" - Sec. 7. "Department" refers to the department of correction. As...
11-8-1-8. "Discharge" - Sec. 8. "Discharge" means termination of a commitment to the...
11-8-1-8.3. "Educational Credit" - Sec. 8.3. "Educational credit" has the meaning set forth in...
11-8-1-8.5. "Expected Release Date" - Sec. 8.5. "Expected release date" means the most likely date...
11-8-1-8.7. "Good Time Credit" - Sec. 8.7. "Good time credit" has the meaning set forth...
11-8-1-9. "Offender" - Sec. 9. "Offender" means: (1) a criminal offender, which is...
11-8-1-10. "Person" - Sec. 10. "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability company,...
11-8-1-11. "Pregnant Inmate" - Sec. 11. "Pregnant inmate" has the meaning set forth in...
11-8-1-12. "Restraints" - Sec. 12. "Restraints" has the meaning set forth in IC...
11-8-1-13. "Violent Offense" - Sec. 13. Except as otherwise provided, "violent offense" has the...
Chapter 2. Organization of Department
11-8-2-1. Department of Correction; Establishment - Sec. 1. There is established in the executive branch of...
11-8-2-2. Repealed - As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.246-2005,...
11-8-2-3. Repealed - As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.292-2001,...
11-8-2-4. Office of Commissioner of Correction; Commissioner's Qualifications, Term, Salary - Sec. 4. There is established the office of commissioner of...
11-8-2-5. Commissioner's Powers and Duties - Sec. 5. (a) The commissioner shall do the following: (1)...
11-8-2-6. Deputy Commissioners; Appointment; Qualifications; Terms; Salary - Sec. 6. The commissioner shall appoint one (1) or more...
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...
11-8-2-8. Personnel; Standards; Programs - Sec. 8. (a) The department shall cooperate with the state...
11-8-2-9. Research and Statistics - Sec. 9. (a) The department shall establish a program of...
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...
11-8-2-11. Corrections Drug Abuse Fund - Sec. 11. (a) The corrections drug abuse fund is established....
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...
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...
11-8-2-13. Operation of the Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry - Sec. 13. (a) The Indiana sex and violent offender registry...
11-8-2-14. Correctional Professional's Fund - Sec. 14. (a) The correctional professionals assistance fund of Indiana...
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,...
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,...
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,...
11-8-3-3. Repealed - As added by Acts 1982, P.L.205, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.5-1988,...
Chapter 4. Interstate Corrections Compact
11-8-4-1. Declaration of Policy; Purpose - Sec. 1. The party states, desiring by common action fully...
11-8-4-2. Definitions - Sec. 2. As used in this compact, unless the context...
11-8-4-3. Contracts With Other States; Contents - Sec. 3. (a) The department may make one (1) or...
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...
11-8-4-5. Inspection of Facilities; Visiting Inmates in Institutions - Sec. 5. The appropriate officials of any state party to...
11-8-4-6. Inmates Subject to Jurisdiction of Sending State - Sec. 6. Inmates confined in an institution pursuant to the...
11-8-4-7. Reports on Inmates by Receiving State; Review - Sec. 7. Each receiving state shall provide regular reports to...
11-8-4-8. Humane Treatment of Inmates - Sec. 8. All inmates who may be confined in an...
11-8-4-9. Hearings; Facilities; Governing Law of Sending State; Records - Sec. 9. Any hearing or hearings to which an inmate...
11-8-4-10. Place of Release of Inmate; Cost of Return - Sec. 10. Any inmate confined pursuant to this compact shall...
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...
11-8-4-12. Rights of Parent, Guardian, Trustee, or Other Persons - Sec. 12. The parent, guardian, trustee, or other person or...
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...
11-8-4-14. Escape - Sec. 14. An inmate who escapes from an institution in...
11-8-4-15. Federal Aid - Sec. 15. Any state party to this compact may accept...
11-8-4-16. Effective Date - Sec. 16. This compact shall enter into force and become...
11-8-4-17. Withdrawal From Compact - Sec. 17. This compact shall continue in force and remain...
11-8-4-18. Effect of Compact on Agreements or Arrangements With Nonparty State - Sec. 18. Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed...
11-8-4-19. Construction; Severability - Sec. 19. The provisions of this compact shall be liberally...
11-8-4-20. Authority of Commissioner to Carry Out Compact; Delegation of Authority - Sec. 20. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to...
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...
11-8-4.5-2. Authorization of Transfer or Exchange - Sec. 2. The governor may, subject to the terms of...
11-8-4.5-3. Sentence - Sec. 3. If the commissioner transfers a person from the...
Chapter 5. Confidential Records
11-8-5-0.5. "Compelling Public Interest" - Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "compelling public interest"...
11-8-5-1. "Personal Information" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "personal information" has...
11-8-5-2. Classification; Denial of Access; Disclosure to Certain Parties - Sec. 2. (a) The department may, under IC 4-22-2, classify...
11-8-5-3. Parties Not Authorized to Be Agents - Sec. 3. A committed person or a person receiving correctional...
11-8-5-4. Access Controls to Be Established - Sec. 4. The department shall, consistent with IC 4-1-6 and...
11-8-5-5. Repealed - As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.19-1983,...
Chapter 6. Business Interests
11-8-6-1. Prohibited Activities - Sec. 1. A person committed to the department may not,...
11-8-6-2. Exceptions - Sec. 2. The department may grant an exception to section...
Chapter 7. Victim Notification Services
11-8-7-1. "Registered Crime Victim" - Sec. 1. As used in the chapter, "registered crime victim"...
11-8-7-2. Automated Victim Notification System - Sec. 2. (a) The department shall establish an automated victim...
11-8-7-3. System Update; Cause of Action Not Established - Sec. 3. (a) The department must ensure that the offender...
11-8-7-4. Funding Sources for System - Sec. 4. If the department establishes an automated victim notification...
11-8-7-5. Rules - Sec. 5. The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2...
Chapter 8. Sex Offender Registration
11-8-8-0.1. Repealed - As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.244. Repealed by P.L.63-2012, SEC.15.
11-8-8-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Prior Law - Sec. 0.2. The amendments made to IC 5-2-12-4, IC 5-2-12-9,...
11-8-8-1. "Correctional Facility" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "correctional facility" has...
11-8-8-1.2. "Electronic Chat Room Username" - Sec. 1.2. As used in this chapter, "electronic chat room...
11-8-8-1.4. "Electronic Mail Address" - Sec. 1.4. As used in this chapter, "electronic mail address"...
11-8-8-1.6. "Instant Messaging Username" - Sec. 1.6. As used in this chapter, "instant messaging username"...
11-8-8-1.8. "Social Networking Web Site Username" - Sec. 1.8. As used in this chapter, "social networking web...
11-8-8-2. "Local Law Enforcement Authority" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "local law enforcement...
11-8-8-3. "Principal Residence" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "principal residence" means...
11-8-8-4. "Register" - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "register" means to...
11-8-8-4.5. "Sex Offender" - Sec. 4.5. (a) Except as provided in section 22 of...
11-8-8-5. "Sex or Violent Offender" - Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in section 22 of...
11-8-8-5.2. "Sex Offense" - Sec. 5.2. As used in this chapter, "sex offense" means...
11-8-8-6. "Sexually Violent Predator" - Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "sexually violent predator"...
11-8-8-7. Persons Required to Register; Registration Locations; Time Limits; Photographs; Duties of Local Law Enforcement - Sec. 7. (a) Subject to section 19 of this chapter,...
11-8-8-8. Required Registration Information; Consent to Computer Search - Sec. 8. (a) The registration required under this chapter must...
11-8-8-9. Informing of Duty to Register; Registration Time Limits; Offenders Not Committed to the Department - Sec. 9. (a) Not more than seven (7) days before...
11-8-8-10. Duty to Transmit Fingerprints to Federal Bureau of Investigation - Sec. 10. Notwithstanding any other law, upon receiving a sex...
11-8-8-11. Change in Registration Location or Status; Duty to Register or Notify; Updates - Sec. 11. (a) If a sex or violent offender who...
11-8-8-12. Temporary Residence - Sec. 12. (a) As used in this section, "temporary residence"...
11-8-8-13. Verification of Current Residences - Sec. 13. (a) To verify a sex or violent offender's...
11-8-8-14. Annual Reporting; Quarterly Reporting for Sexually Violent Predators; Registration and Photographs - Sec. 14. (a) This subsection does not apply to a...
11-8-8-15. Possession of Valid Indiana Driver's License or Identification Card Required - Sec. 15. (a) A sex or violent offender who is...
11-8-8-16. Name Changes - Sec. 16. (a) A sex or violent offender who is...
11-8-8-17. Registration Violations; Penalty - Sec. 17. (a) A sex or violent offender who knowingly...
11-8-8-18. Sexually Violent Predator; Duty to Notify - Sec. 18. (a) A sexually violent predator who will be...
11-8-8-19. Expiration of Duty to Register; Lifetime Registration; Out-of-State Registrants - Sec. 19. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) through...
11-8-8-20. Interstate Agreements; Department to Determine Status of Out-of-State Offenders - Sec. 20. (a) The department may enter into a compact...
11-8-8-21. Sex and Violent Offender Fund - Sec. 21. (a) The state sex and violent offender administration...
11-8-8-22. Procedure for Retroactive Application of Ameliorative Statutes - Sec. 22. (a) As used in this section, "offender" means...
11-8-8-23. Law Enforcement Authority to Take Reasonable Steps to Notify a Victim of an Offender Name Change - Sec. 23. (a) This section applies to the local law...
Chapter 9. Correctional Police Officers
11-8-9-1. Appointment of a Correctional Police Officer; Training - Sec. 1. The commissioner may appoint an individual to serve...
11-8-9-2. Oath; Conditions of Employment - Sec. 2. An individual appointed as a correctional police officer...
11-8-9-3. Police Powers - Sec. 3. Except as provided in section 4 of this...
11-8-9-4. Limitations on the Exercise of Police Powers - Sec. 4. (a) A correctional police officer may not make...
Chapter 10. Video Conferencing by Confined Persons
11-8-10-1. Video Conferencing by Confined Persons - Sec. 1. (a) If: (1) a person is confined in...
11-8-10-2. Mental Health Evaluations - Sec. 2. (a) This section applies only to a mental...