(a)The institute shall monitor and evaluate the
status of Indiana's criminal justice system as described in this section.
(b)The institute shall annually gather data and analyze the status of
the criminal justice system in Indiana, including the impact of current
trends on:
(1)local units of government;
(2)the department of correction; and
(3)the office of judicial administration.
(c)The institute shall prepare an annual report, in conjunction with
the justice reinvestment advisory council (established by IC 33-38-9.5-2), containing the results of its analysis before January 1 of
each year. The report shall be provided to the governor, the chief
justice, and the legislative council. The report provided to the
legislative council must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
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(a) The institute shall monitor and evaluate the
status of Indiana's criminal justice system as described in this section.
(b) The institute shall annually gather data and analyze the status of
the criminal justice system in Indiana, including the impact of current
trends on:
(1) local units of government;
(2) the department of correction; and
(3) the office of judicial administration.
(c) The institute shall prepare an annual report, in conjunction with
the justice reinvestment advisory council (established by IC 33-38-9.5-2), containing the results of its analysis before January 1 of
each year. The report shall be provided to the governor, the chief
justice, and the legislative council. The report provided to the
legislative council must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(d) The report required under this section must:
(1) include an analysis of:
(A) county jail populations;
(B) community corrections agencies;
(C) probation departments;
(D) courts;
(E) recidivism rates;
(F) reentry court programs; and
(G) data relevant to the availability and effectiveness of mental
health and addiction programs for persons who are in the
criminal justice system;
(2) track the number of requests for sentence modification that are
set for hearing by the court, including the relief granted by the
court, if any;
(3) track, by age and offense, the number of juveniles under the
jurisdiction of an adult court due to:
(A) lack of jurisdiction under IC 31-30-1-4; or
(B) waiver of jurisdiction under IC 31-30-3-2 through IC 31-30-3-6;
(4) track the number of juveniles under the jurisdiction of adult
court due to a juvenile court not having jurisdiction of the cases
in accordance with IC 31-30-1-4, by:
(A) age;
(B) sex;
(C) race;
(D) county of prosecution;
(E) offenses charged;
(F) convictions received; and
(G) sentences received; and
(5) track the number of waivers of juvenile court jurisdiction
granted under IC 31-30-3-2 through IC 31-30-3-6 by:
(A) age;
(B) sex;
(C) race;
(D) charges filed in juvenile court in which a waiver was
sought;
(E) charges filed in adult court following the waiver of juvenile
court jurisdiction;
(F) county of prosecution;
(G) convictions received; and
(H) sentences received.
(e) All local units of government and local elected officials,
including sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, judges, and county fiscal
bodies, shall cooperate with the institute by providing data as requested
by the institute.
(f) State agencies, including the department of correction, the
prosecuting attorneys council of Indiana, the public defender council
of Indiana, the office of judicial administration, and the division of
mental health and addiction, shall assist the institute by providing
requested data in a timely manner.
(g) Based on their analysis, the institute and the justice reinvestment
advisory council shall include recommendations to improve the
criminal justice system in Indiana, with particular emphasis being
placed on recommendations that relate to sentencing policies and
reform.
(h) The institute and the justice reinvestment advisory council shall
include research data relevant to their analysis and recommendations
in the report.
(i) The institute shall:
(1) make the data collected under subsection (d)(4) and (d)(5)
available to the public in an annual report, by fiscal year, due by
October 30 of each year;
(2) post the annual report required by subdivision (1) on the
institute's website; and
(3) provide a copy of the annual report required by subdivision (1)
to the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana
established by IC 2-5-36-3.