§ 11-10-10-2 — Purpose and period of time

The department may temporarily release an
offender from a correctional facility or program for a designated
purpose and period of time, in Indiana, either alone or accompanied by
a department employee or other custodial agent:
(1) to attend or make arrangements for attending an academic or
vocational training institution or program, including attendance
in a public school;
(2) to obtain or make arrangements for obtaining medical,
psychiatric, or psychological services, including treatment for
drug addiction or alcoholism;
(3) to work or make arrangements for employment;
(4) to visit a close relative who is seriously ill;
(5) to visit his immediate family;
(6) to attend the funeral of a close relative;
(7) to make preparations for release or discharge;
(8) for recreational purposes;
(9) to return to his home or other place authorized by the
department during what appears to be his terminal illness; or
(10) for any other purpose the department determines to be in the
best interest of the offender and the public.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.