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Ind. Code § 35-50-6-0.5 — Definitions
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 6: Release From Imprisonment and Credit Time, Indiana Code.
Full text of Ind. Code § 35-50-6-0.5
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Indiana.
Sec. 0.5. 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.
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