Indiana Code 11-13-3-6. Supervision and assistance of persons on parole; duties of department; cooperation of courts, probation officers, and public officials
(1) establishing methods and procedures for parole administration, including investigation, supervision, workloads, recordkeeping, and reporting;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 11-13-3-6
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
(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.