Sec. 7. (a) A court may not order home detention for an offender unless the offender agrees to abide by all of the requirements set forth in the court’s order issued under this chapter.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 35-38-2.5-7

  • home: means :

    Indiana Code 35-38-2.5-2

  • 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.
  • monitoring device: means an electronic device that:

    Indiana Code 35-38-2.5-3

  • offender: has the meaning set forth in IC 11-8-1-9. See Indiana Code 35-38-2.5-4
     (b) A court may not order home detention for an offender who is being held under a detainer, warrant, or process issued by a court of another jurisdiction.

     (c) A court may not order home detention for an offender who has been convicted of a sex offense under IC 35-42-4 or IC 35-46-1-3 unless:

(1) the home detention is supervised by a court approved home detention program; and

(2) the conditions of home detention:

(A) include twenty-four (24) hour per day supervision of the offender; and

(B) require the use of surveillance equipment and a monitoring device that can transmit information twenty-four (24) hours each day regarding an offender’s precise location.

As added by P.L.98-1988, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.144-1995, SEC.3; P.L.55-2003, SEC.3; P.L.31-2005, SEC.4.

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