§ 11-11-5-4 — Disciplinary actions; not permissible

Indiana § 11-11-5-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 11: CORRECTIONAL STANDARDS AND
• Ch. 5: Conduct and Discipline

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The department may not impose the following
as disciplinary action:
(1) Corporal punishment.
(2) Confinement without an opportunity for at least one (1) hour
of exercise five (5) days each week outside of immediate living
quarters, unless the department finds and documents that this
opportunity will jeopardize the physical safety of the offender, or
others, or the security of the facility or program.
(3) A substantial change in heating, lighting, or ventilation.
(4) Restrictions on clothing, bedding, mail, visitation, reading and
writing materials, or the use of hygienic facilities, except for
abuse of these.
(5) Restrictions on:
(A) medical and dental care;
(B) access to courts, unless a committed person has brought a
claim in a state or an administrative court, that the court
determines to be frivolous, unreasonable, or groundless;
(C) access to legal counsel, government officials, or grievance
proceedings; and
(D) access to personal legal papers and legal research materials.
(6) A deviation from the diet provided to other committed persons
in that facility or program.
(7) Extra work exceeding a total of twenty (20) hours for one (1)
rule violation, or exceeding four (4) hours in any twenty-four (24)
hour period.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.4. Amended by
P.L.146-1995, SEC.1; P.L.43-2002, SEC.2.