Indiana § 35-50-6-0.5 Definitions

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§ 35-50-6-0.5 — Definitions

Indiana § 35-50-6-0.5

Art. 50SENTENCES

Ch. 6Release From Imprisonment and Credit Time

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5. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:

(1)"Accrued time" means the amount of time that a person is imprisoned, confined, on home detention as a condition of probation, or on home detention in a community corrections program. In determining the number of days a person has been imprisoned, confined, on home detention as a condition of probation, or on home detention in a community corrections program, a partial calendar day is considered to be one (1) calendar day.

(2)"Calendar day" means the period of elapsed time that begins at midnight and ends twenty-four (24) hours later at the next midnight.

(3)"Credit time" means the sum of a person's accrued time, good time credit, and educational credit.

(4)"Educational credit" means a reduction in a person's term of impriso

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5. The following definitions apply throughout
this chapter:
(1) "Accrued time" means the amount of time that a person is
imprisoned, confined, on home detention as a condition of
probation, or on home detention in a community corrections
program. In determining the number of days a person has been
imprisoned, confined, on home detention as a condition of
probation, or on home detention in a community corrections
program, a partial calendar day is considered to be one (1)
calendar day.
(2) "Calendar day" means the period of elapsed time that begins
at midnight and ends twenty-four (24) hours later at the next
midnight.
(3) "Credit time" means the sum of a person's accrued time, good
time credit, and educational credit.
(4) "Educational credit" means a reduction in a person's term of
imprisonment or confinement awarded for participation in an
educational, vocational, rehabilitative, or other program. The term
includes an individualized case management plan.
(5) "Good time credit" means a reduction in a person's term of
imprisonment or confinement awarded for the person's good
behavior while imprisoned, confined, or on home detention.
(6) "Individualized case management plan" means educational
credit which consists of a plan designed to address an
incarcerated person's risk of recidivism, and may include:
(A) addiction recovery treatment;
(B) mental health treatment;
(C) vocational education programming;
(D) adult basic education, a high school or high school
equivalency diploma, a college diploma, and any other
academic educational goal; or
(E) any other programming or activity that encourages
productive pursuits while a person is incarcerated and that may
reduce the person's likelihood to recidivate after the person's
release from incarceration.