(a)When a committed criminal offender is
released on parole or probation or is discharged, the department, at the
discretion of the department and subject to subsection (c), shall:
(1)either:
(A)procure transportation for the released offender to the
released offender's designated place of residence;
(B)procure public transportation for the released offender to
the Indiana city or town that is nearest to the released offender's
designated place of residence; or
(C)upon request of the released offender, provide
transportation for the released offender to any other place in
Indiana as the commissioner may designate; and
(2)provide the released offender with an amount of money to be
determined by the department in accordance with procedures
approved by the budget agency to enable the re
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(a) When a committed criminal offender is
released on parole or probation or is discharged, the department, at the
discretion of the department and subject to subsection (c), shall:
(1) either:
(A) procure transportation for the released offender to the
released offender's designated place of residence;
(B) procure public transportation for the released offender to
the Indiana city or town that is nearest to the released offender's
designated place of residence; or
(C) upon request of the released offender, provide
transportation for the released offender to any other place in
Indiana as the commissioner may designate; and
(2) provide the released offender with an amount of money to be
determined by the department in accordance with procedures
approved by the budget agency to enable the released offender to
meet the released offender's immediate needs.
Except as provided in subdivision (2), a released offender is not
entitled to receive a payment in lieu of transportation under this
subsection.
(b) The department shall establish standards for use in determining
the amount of money to be paid under subsection (a)(2) to a released
offender upon release on parole or probation or upon discharge. These
standards:
(1) must be consistently applied to each released offender upon
release or discharge;
(2) must take into account amounts earned by a released offender
through a work release program before release or discharge; and
(3) may allow for no payment to a released offender who is
determined by the department to have accumulated a sufficient
amount of money to meet the released offender's immediate needs
upon release or discharge.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d), the department may not
provide transportation to, or procure transportation or public
transportation to, a county other than the released offender's county of
residence at the time of conviction.
(d) The department may provide transportation to, or procure
transportation or public transportation to, a county other than the
released offender's county of residence at the time of conviction if the
released offender:
(1) has been ordered by a court to serve home detention,
probation, or community corrections in a county other than the
released offender's county of residence; or
(2) provides written proof that:
(A) the released offender has been accepted into a reentry
program offered or approved by a:
(i) court;
(ii) state agency; or
(iii) local county or municipal agency; and
(B) the:
(i) released offender has employment; or
(ii) reentry program plan includes a housing plan that has
been approved or established by an entity described in clause
(A)(i) through (A)(iii). For purposes of this item, a housing
plan does not include housing provided by a homeless
shelter.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Amended by
P.L.128-1985, SEC.1; P.L.240-1991(ss2), SEC.56; P.L.264-1999,
SEC.1; P.L.212-2023, SEC.1.