§ 11-8-3-1 — Contract for services for committed persons

(a) The department may contract with any city,
county, state, or federal authority, or with other public or private
organizations, for:
(1) the custody, care, confinement, or treatment of committed
persons; or
(2) subject to subsection (e), the provision of other correctional or
related services to committed persons.
(b) Before transferring a committed person to the custody, care, or
control of an agency or organization under such a contract, the
department must approve the receiving facility or program as suitable
for the supervision and care of the person.
(c) The department may contract with individuals for the provision
of services to the department.
(d) To fund contracts under this section the department may use:
(1) its regular budgeted monies; and
(2) if applicable, monies deducted from the person's earnings
under IC 11-10-7-5 or IC 11-10-8-6.
(e) After June 30, 2022, the department may not enter into or renew
a contract with a provider of inmate calling services for the provision
of inmate calling services at a correctional facility unless the terms of
the contract comply with IC 24-5-27. Any term, condition, or provision
that:
(1) is included in a contract that is entered into or renewed after
June 30, 2022, for the provision of inmate calling services at a
correctional facility; and
(2) violates IC 24-5-27;
is void.
(f) After June 30, 2022, a county owning or operating a correctional
facility may not enter into or renew a contract with a provider of inmate
calling services for the provision of inmate calling services at the
correctional facility unless the terms of the contract comply with IC 24-5-27. Any term, condition, or provision that:
(1) is included in a contract that is entered into or renewed after
June 30, 2022, for the provision of inmate calling services at the
correctional facility; and
(2) violates IC 24-5-27;
is void.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.1. Amended by
P.L.34-2022, SEC.1.