Indiana Code 5-2-6-24. Duty of institute to monitor criminal code reform
(b) The institute shall monitor and evaluate criminal code reform as described in this section.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-2-6-24
- Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Criminal justice: includes activities concerning:
Indiana Code 5-2-6-1
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Institute: means the Indiana criminal justice institute. See Indiana Code 5-2-6-1
- 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: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(1) local units of government;
(2) the department of correction; and
(3) the office of judicial administration.
(d) The institute shall prepare an annual report, in conjunction with the justice reinvestment advisory council (established by IC 33-38-9.5-2), containing the results of its analysis before December 1 of each year. The report shall be provided to the governor, the chief justice, and the legislative council. The report provided to the legislative council must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(e) The report required under this section must:
(1) include an analysis of:
(A) the effect of criminal code reform on:
(i) county jails;
(ii) community corrections programs;
(iii) probation departments; and
(iv) courts;
(B) recidivism rates;
(C) reentry court programs; and
(D) data relevant to the availability and effectiveness of mental health and addiction programs for persons who are at risk of entering the criminal justice system, who are in the criminal justice system, and who have left the criminal justice system;
(2) track the number of requests for sentence modification that are set for hearing by the court, including the relief granted by the court, if any. The report must include whether the grant or denial of a request for sentence modification was discretionary or mandatory, and whether the prosecuting attorney opposed the request for sentence modification, agreed to the request for sentence modification, or took no position on the request for sentence modification;
(3) track, by age and offense, the number of juveniles under the jurisdiction of an adult court due to:
(A) lack of jurisdiction under IC 31-30-1-4; or
(B) waiver of jurisdiction under IC 31-30-3-2 through IC 31-30-3-6;
(4) track the number of juveniles under the jurisdiction of adult court due to a juvenile court not having jurisdiction of the cases in accordance with IC 31-30-1-4, by:
(A) age;
(B) sex;
(C) race;
(D) county of prosecution;
(E) offenses charged;
(F) convictions received; and
(G) sentences received; and
(5) track the number of waivers of juvenile court jurisdiction granted under IC 31-30-3-2 through IC 31-30-3-6 by:
(A) age;
(B) sex;
(C) race;
(D) charges filed in juvenile court in which a waiver was sought;
(E) charges filed in adult court following the waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction;
(F) county of prosecution;
(G) convictions received; and
(H) sentences received.
(f) All local units of government and local elected officials, including sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, judges, and county fiscal bodies, shall cooperate with the institute by providing data as requested by the institute.
(g) State agencies, including the department of correction, the Indiana prosecuting attorneys council, the Indiana public defender council, and the office of judicial administration, shall assist the institute by providing requested data in a timely manner.
(h) Based on their analysis, the institute and the justice reinvestment advisory council shall include recommendations to improve the criminal justice system in Indiana, with particular emphasis being placed on recommendations that relate to sentencing policies and reform.
(i) The institute and the justice reinvestment advisory council shall include research data relevant to their analysis and recommendations in the report.
(j) The institute shall:
(1) make the data collected under subsection (e)(4) and (e)(5) available to the public in an annual report, by fiscal year, due by October 30 of each year;
(2) post the annual report required by subdivision (1) on the institute’s Internet web site; and
(3) provide a copy of the annual report required by subdivision (1) to the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana established by IC 2-5-36-3.
As added by P.L.168-2014, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.187-2015, SEC.1; P.L.26-2017, SEC.1; P.L.65-2018, SEC.1; P.L.142-2018, SEC.1.