Supervision and assistance of persons on parole; duties of department; cooperation of courts, probation officers, and public officials
Ind. Code § 11-13-3-6
in effectSec. 6. (a) The department shall supervise and assist persons on parole. Its duties in this regard include:
(1) establishing methods and procedures for parole administration, including investigation, supervision, workloads, recordkeeping, and reporting;
(2) providing information to and otherwise assisting the parole board in making parole decisions;
(3) assisting persons in preparing parole release plans;
(4) providing employment counseling and assistance in job and residential placement;
(5) providing family and individual counseling and treatment placement;
(6) providing financial counseling;
(7) providing vocational and educational counseling placement;
(8) supervising and assisting out of state parolees accepted under an interstate compact;
(9) assisting the parole board in transferring supervision of a parolee to another jurisdiction;
(10) notifying the parole board of any modification in the conditions of parole considered advisable;
(11) notifying the parole board when a violation of parole occurs; and
(12) cooperating with public and private agencies and with individual citizens concerned with the treatment or welfare of parolees, and assisting the parolee in obtaining services from those agencies and citizens.
(b) Courts, probation officers, and other public officials shall cooperate with the department in obtaining information relating to persons committed to the department.
(c) The department shall cause the name of any person released on parole to be entered into the Indiana data communications system (IDACS).
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.240-1991(ss2), SEC.69.
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