Placement in secure private facility
Sec. 6. (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 credit time under IC 35-50-6; and
(2) may be deprived of earned credit time as provided under
rules adopted by the department of correction under IC 4-22-2.
As added by P.L.79-1994, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.1-1997,
SEC.154; P.L.1-2002, SEC.151.
Last modified: May 24, 2006