§ 35-50-1-6 — Placement in secure private facility

(a) Before a person who has been convicted of
an offense and committed to the department of correction is assigned
to a department of correction program or facility under IC 11-10-1, the
sentencing court may recommend that the department of correction
place the person in a secure private facility (as defined in IC 31-9-2-115) if:
(1) the person was less than sixteen (16) years of age on the date
of sentencing; and
(2) the court determines that the person would benefit from the
treatment offered by the facility.
(b) A secure private facility may terminate a placement and request
the department of correction to reassign a convicted person to another
department of correction facility or program.
(c) When a convicted person becomes twenty-one (21) years of age
or if a secure private facility terminates a placement under subsection
(b) a convicted person shall:
(1) be assigned to a department of correction facility or program
under IC 11-10-1-3(b); and
(2) serve the remainder of the sentence in the department of
correction facility or program.
(d) A person who is placed in a secure private facility under this
section:
(1) is entitled to earn educational credit and good time credit
under IC 35-50-6; and
(2) may be deprived of earned educational credit and good time
credit as provided under rules adopted by the department of
correction under IC 4-22-2.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.79-1994, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.1-1997, SEC.154; P.L.1-2002, SEC.151; P.L.74-2015, SEC.28.