Sec. 0.1. The following amendments to this chapter apply as follows: (1) The amendments made to section 1 of this chapter by P.L.11-1994 apply only to an offender (as defined in IC 5-2-12-4, as added by P.L.11-1994 and before its repeal) convicted after June 30, 1994. (2) The amendments made to sections 3, 4, and […]
Sec. 0.5. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1) “Accrued time” means the amount of time that a person is imprisoned or confined. In determining the number of days a person has been imprisoned or confined, a partial calendar day is considered to be one (1) calendar day. (2) “Calendar day” means the period […]
Sec. 0.6. The enactment of legislation in the 2015 regular session of the general assembly changing the terms “credit time” and “earned credit time” to “accrued time”, “credit time”, “educational credit”, and “good time credit”: (1) is intended to be a clarification; and (2) does not affect any time accrued before July 1, 2015, by […]
Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) or (e), when a person imprisoned for a felony completes the person’s fixed term of imprisonment, less the credit time the person has earned with respect to that term, the person shall be: (1) released on parole for not more than twenty-four (24) months, as determined […]
Sec. 2. A person imprisoned for a misdemeanor shall be discharged when he completes his fixed term of imprisonment, less the credit time he has earned with respect to that term. As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.8. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.133.
Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to a person who commits an offense before July 1, 2014. (b) A person assigned to Class I earns one (1) day of good time credit for each calendar day or partial calendar day the person is imprisoned for a crime or confined awaiting trial or sentencing. (c) A […]
Sec. 3.1. (a) This section applies to a person who commits an offense after June 30, 2014. (b) A person assigned to Class A earns one (1) day of good time credit for each calendar day or partial calendar day the person is imprisoned for a crime or confined awaiting trial or sentencing. (c) A […]
Sec. 3.3. (a) In addition to any educational credit a person earns under subsection (b), or good time credit a person earns under section 3 or 3.1 of this chapter, a person earns educational credit if the person: (1) is in credit Class I, Class A, or Class B; (2) has demonstrated a pattern consistent […]
Sec. 4. (a) A person: (1) who is not a credit restricted felon; and (2) who is imprisoned for a Level 6 felony or a misdemeanor or imprisoned awaiting trial or sentencing for a Level 6 felony or misdemeanor; is initially assigned to Class A. (b) A person: (1) who is not a credit restricted […]
Sec. 5. (a) A person may, with respect to the same transaction, be deprived of any part of the educational credit or good time credit the person has earned for any of the following: (1) A violation of one (1) or more rules of the department of correction. (2) If the person is not committed […]
Sec. 5.5. A person who has been reassigned to a lower credit time class or has been deprived of earned educational credit or good time credit may appeal the decision to the commissioner of the department of correction or the sheriff. As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.204-1986, SEC.3; P.L.74-2015, SEC.36.
Sec. 6. (a) A person imprisoned for a crime earns good time credit irrespective of the degree of security to which the person is assigned. Except as set forth under IC 35-38-2.5-5, a person does not earn good time credit while on parole or probation. (b) A person imprisoned upon revocation of parole is initially […]
Sec. 7. (a) A person under the control of a county detention facility or the department of correction who: (1) has been charged with a new crime while confined; or (2) has allegedly violated a rule of the department or county facility; may be immediately assigned to Class III and may have all earned credit […]
Sec. 8. A person serving a sentence of life imprisonment without parole does not earn credit time under this chapter. As added by P.L.53-2005, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.74-2015, SEC.38; P.L.44-2016, SEC.11.
