Chapter 1 Evaluation, Classification, and Assignment of Criminal Offenders
Chapter 2 Commitment, Evaluation, and Assignment of Delinquent Offenders
Chapter 3 Medical Care
Chapter 3.5 Pregnant Inmates
Chapter 4 Care and Treatment of Mentally Ill Offenders
Chapter 5 Academic and Vocational Education
Chapter 6 General Provisions Concerning Offender Employment
Chapter 7 Private Employers and Offender Earnings
Chapter 8 Minimum Security Release Program for Criminal Offenders and Offender Earnings
Chapter 9 Temporary Leave?Criminal Offenders
Chapter 10 Temporary Release?Delinquent Offenders
Chapter 11 Recreation and Community Involvement in Correctional Programs
Chapter 11.5 Assignment to Community Transition Program
Chapter 12 Release Procedures
Chapter 13 Costs of Incarceration
Chapter 14 Transitional Dormitories
Chapter 15 Offender Reentry Administrative Account
Chapter 16 Specialized Vocational Program

Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 11 > Article 10 - Correctional Services and Programs

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Presentence report: A report prepared by a court's probation officer, after a person has been convicted of an offense, summarizing for the court the background information needed to determine the appropriate sentence. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • qualified medical personnel: has the meaning set out in IC 11-10-3-1. See Indiana Code 11-10-4-1
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Sheriff: means the sheriff of the county or another person authorized to perform sheriff's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5