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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Indiana Code Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure § 35-50-6-0.5 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/in/title-35-criminal-law-and-procedure/in-code-sect-35-50-6-0-5/
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