Ind. Code ch. 11-10-12

Ind. Code ch. 11-10-12
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Ind. Code § 11-10-12-1 Committed offenders; return of property, issuance of clothes

Sec. 1. (a) When a committed offender is released on parole or discharged from the department, the department shall: (1) within a reasonable period of time, return any property or money, including accumulated earnings, held for the offender; and (2) provide him, if he is unable to provide them for himself, with at least one (1) set of clothing appropriate for the season of the year of such quality and styling that he will not be identified as an ex-offender. (b) The department, upon request by the offender, may issue a complete set of serviceable work clothing, including work shoes, to an offender whose occupation will require such clothing. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.

Ind. Code § 11-10-12-2 Transportation of released offender; money for immediate needs

Sec. 2. (a) When a committed criminal offender is released on parole or probation or is discharged, the department, at the discretion of the department and subject to subsection (c), shall: (1) either: (A) procure transportation for the released offender to the released offender's designated place of residence; (B) procure public transportation for the released offender to the Indiana city or town that is nearest to the released offender's designated place of residence; or (C) upon request of the released offender, provide transportation for the released offender to any other place in Indiana as the commissioner may designate; and (2) provide the released offender with an amount of money to be determined by the department in accordance with procedures approved by the budget agency to enable the released offender to meet the released offender's immediate needs. Except as provided in subdivision (2), a released offender is not entitled to receive a payment in lieu of transportation under this subsection. (b) The department shall establish standards for use in determining the amount of money to be paid under subsection (a)(2) to a released offender upon release on parole or probation or upon discharge. These standards: (1) must be consistently applied to each released offender upon release or discharge; (2) must take into account amounts earned by a released offender through a work release program before release or discharge; and (3) may allow for no payment to a released offender who is determined by the department to have accumulated a sufficient amount of money to meet the released offender's immediate needs upon release or discharge. (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the department may not provide transportation to, or procure transportation or public transportation to, a county other than the released offender's county of residence at the time of conviction. (d) The department may provide transportation to, or procure transportation or public transportation to, a county other than the released offender's county of residence at the time of conviction if the released offender: (1) has been ordered by a court to serve home detention, probation, or community corrections in a county other than the released offender's county of residence; or (2) provides written proof that: (A) the released offender has been accepted into a reentry program offered or approved by a: (i) court; (ii) state agency; or (iii) local county or municipal agency; and (B) the: (i) released offender has employment; or (ii) reentry program plan includes a housing plan that has been approved or established by an entity described in clause (A)(i) through (A)(iii). For purposes of this item, a housing plan does not include housing provided by a homeless shelter. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.128-1985, SEC.1; P.L.240-1991(ss2), SEC.56; P.L.264-1999, SEC.1; P.L.212-2023, SEC.1.

Ind. Code § 11-10-12-2.5 Electronic notification requirements

Sec. 2.5. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section: (1) "Receiving county" means the county to which the department will transport, or arrange for the transportation of, a serious violent felon upon the serious violent felon's: (A) release on probation or parole; or (B) discharge. (2) "Receiving municipality" means the municipality to which the department will transport, or arrange for the transportation of, a serious violent felon upon the serious violent felon's: (A) release on probation or parole; or (B) discharge. (3) "Serious violent felon" has the meaning set forth in IC 35-47-4-5. (b) At least seven (7) days before the department: (1) releases: (A) a serious violent felon; or (B) a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for an offense that would be a serious violent felony (as defined in IC 35-47-4-5(b); on probation or parole; or (2) discharges: (A) a serious violent felon; or (B) a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for an offense that would be a serious violent felony (as defined in IC 35-47-4-5(b); the department shall electronically notify the persons described in subsection (c) of the serious violent felon's impending release or discharge. In addition, the department shall notify any registered crime victim of the serious violent felon's release or discharge through the automated victim notification system under IC 11-8-7-2. (c) In accordance with subsection (b), the department shall electronically notify the following officials of a serious violent felon's impending release or discharge or the impending release or discharge of a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for an offense that would be a serious violent felony (as defined in IC 35-47-4-5(b): (1) The sheriff of the: (A) receiving county; and (B) county where the offense was committed. (2) The prosecuting attorney exercising jurisdiction in the: (A) receiving county; and (B) county where the offense was committed. (3) The chief of police of the: (A) receiving municipality; and (B) municipality where the offense was committed. As added by P.L.57-2026, SEC.1.

Ind. Code § 11-10-12-3 Committed delinquent offenders; transportation, immediate financial needs

Sec. 3. When a committed delinquent offender is released on parole or discharged, the department shall, when the offender's parents, guardian, or custodian have not provided transportation, procure transportation to his destination. If the department determines that a paroled or discharged offender's immediate financial needs will not be provided for, it shall provide him with an amount of money to be determined by the department, with the approval of the state budget agency, to assist him in meeting those needs. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.

Ind. Code § 11-10-12-4 Certification of discharge; informing offender of restoration of voting rights; serious sex offender issues

Sec. 4. Upon the discharge of a criminal offender, the department shall do the following: (1) Certify the discharge to the clerk of the sentencing court, who shall make an entry on the record of judgment that the sentence has been satisfied. (2) Inform the criminal offender in writing of the right to register to vote under IC 3-7-13-5. (3) Provide the criminal offender with a copy of the voter's bill of rights prescribed by the Indiana election commission under IC 3-5-8. (4) If the criminal offender is a serious sex offender (as defined in IC 35-42-4-14(a)), inform the criminal offender that: (A) a serious sex offender who knowingly or intentionally enters school property commits unlawful entry by a serious sex offender, a Level 6 felony, under IC 35-42-4-14(b); and (B) a serious sex offender may be eligible to vote by mail or absentee ballot. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.9-2004, SEC.19; P.L.235-2015, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 11-10-12-5 Assistance to committed offenders in applying for TANF

Sec. 5. (a) The department shall assist a committed offender in applying for assistance under the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program (45 CFR 260 et seq.) so that the committed offender might be eligible for assistance when the offender is subsequently: (1) released on parole; (2) assigned to a community transition program; or (3) discharged from the department. (b) The department shall provide the assistance described in subsection (a) in sufficient time to ensure that the committed offender will be able to receive assistance at the time the committed offender is: (1) released on parole; (2) assigned to a community transition program; or (3) discharged from the department. As added by P.L.161-2007, SEC.4.

Ind. Code § 11-10-12-5.3 Assistance in Medicaid application before release or discharge; timing of assistance; Medicaid authorization

Sec. 5.3. (a) The department shall assist a committed offender in applying for Medicaid, as the authorized representative as described in IC 11-10-3-7 or as a health navigator under the requirements of IC 27-19-2-12, so that the committed offender might be eligible for assistance when the offender is subsequently: (1) released on parole; (2) assigned to a community transition program; or (3) discharged from the department. (b) The department shall provide the assistance described in subsection (a) in sufficient time to ensure that the committed offender will be able to receive assistance at the time the committed offender is: (1) released on parole; (2) assigned to a community transition program; or (3) discharged from the department. (c) The department shall implement the requirements under this section to establish an inmate's Medicaid coverage regardless of the inmate's medical need. Upon a determination that the inmate qualifies for Medicaid coverage, the office of the secretary of family and social services, division of family resources, shall authorize and then immediately suspend Medicaid coverage for those inmates not requiring immediate medical attention. As added by P.L.185-2015, SEC.3.

Ind. Code § 11-10-12-5.7 Assistance in securing treatment for mental illness or addictive disorder upon release or discharge; timing of assistance; Medicaid; use of outside entity

Sec. 5.7. (a) The department shall assist a committed offender who has a mental illness or addictive disorder in securing treatment through an approved Medicaid program, as the authorized representative as described in IC 11-10-3-7 or as a health navigator under the requirements of IC 27-19-2-12, so that the committed offender might be eligible for treatment when the offender is: (1) released on parole; (2) assigned to a community transition program; (3) discharged from the department; or (4) required to receive inpatient psychiatric services while incarcerated to the extent authorized under federal law. (b) The department shall provide the assistance described in subsection (a) in sufficient time to ensure that the committed offender will be able to receive treatment at the time the committed offender is: (1) released on parole; (2) assigned to a community transition program; or (3) discharged from the department. (c) Subject to federal law, an inmate placed in a work release program or other department program involving alternative sentencing programs is eligible for Medicaid covered services. (d) The department may use a community mental health center (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-78), hospital, mental health professional, or other provider certified or licensed by the division of mental health and addiction to provide treatment for a mental illness or addictive disorder through the Medicaid program. (e) The department may permit an offender committed to the department to remain within a treatment facility operated by the department for not more than fourteen (14) days past the offender's mandatory release date, if: (1) the offender has a serious physical or mental disorder or disability; (2) the offender is being held in the treatment facility operated by the department until the offender may be placed in a similar treatment setting outside the department; (3) the department made a good faith effort to timely place the offender in a treatment setting outside the department on or before the offender's mandatory release date; and (4) the offender: (A) consents to being held in a treatment facility operated by the department beyond the offender's mandatory release date; or (B) has been ordered by a court to be committed to a treatment setting outside the department. As added by P.L.185-2015, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.6-2021, SEC.1; P.L.145-2026, SEC.59.

Ind. Code § 11-10-12-6 Committed offender's use of Internet for employment search; restrictions

Sec. 6. (a) The department, during the ninety (90) days before a committed offender is: (1) released on parole; (2) assigned to a community transition program; (3) discharged from the department; or (4) released on probation; shall allow the committed offender to have Internet access to use websites that contain employment information in accordance with rules adopted by the department. (b) The department shall provide employment counseling and Internet assistance to a committed offender who qualifies for Internet access under subsection (a), by a person trained in employment counseling and the use of Internet employment services. (c) The department may restrict Internet access for a committed offender under subsection (a) if the committed offender: (1) has a warrant or detainer seeking transfer of the person to a county or another jurisdiction; (2) is no longer within ninety (90) days of release due to loss of educational credit or good time credit, or the imposition of an additional criminal sentence; (3) does not reside in a department facility; or (4) has engaged in misconduct involving use of the Internet. As added by P.L.119-2008, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.74-2015, SEC.10; P.L.1-2025, SEC.162.

Ind. Code § 11-10-12-7 Required meeting to discuss current and future career opportunities; space; annual report; exceptions; waiver

Sec. 7. (a) As used in this section, "intermediary" has the meaning set forth in IC 21-18-1-3.5. (b) As used in this section, "labor organization" has the meaning set forth in IC 22-6-6-5. (c) Except as provided in subsections (g), (h), and (i), the department, during the one hundred eighty (180) days before a committed offender is: (1) released on parole; (2) assigned to a community transition program; (3) discharged from the department; or (4) released on probation; shall require the committed offender to meet in person at least one (1) time with an intermediary, an employer, or a labor organization to discuss current and future career opportunities and the necessary education levels for various careers. (d) The department shall provide space for the meeting required under subsection (c). (e) For purposes of subsection (c), an offender may meet only with an intermediary, an employer, or a labor organization that is included on the list prepared under IC 21-18-19-1. (f) An intermediary, an employer, or a labor organization that meets with a committed offender under subsection (c) shall submit an annual report to the commission for higher education in the manner established by the commission for higher education under IC 21-18-19-1. (g) The meeting requirement under subsection (c) does not apply to a committed offender who is participating in the department's Hoosier Initiative for Re-Entry Program. (h) If the department determines that no intermediaries, employers, or labor organizations are willing to meet with committed offenders under subsection (c), the department may submit to the commission for higher education a written request to waive the meeting requirement. (i) The meeting requirement under subsection (c) does not apply if the department determines that a meeting under subsection (c) cannot be safely held. If the department makes a determination under this subsection, the department shall provide notice to the commission for higher education. As added by P.L.202-2023, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.9-2024, SEC.323.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/11Fetched: 10/17/2026

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