Sec. 1. The boot camp program for youthful offenders is established within the department to: (1) improve the chances of correction and successful return to the community for youthful offenders committed to the department by: (A) preventing the offender’s association with older and more experienced criminals; and (B) providing the offenders with skills for living […]
Sec. 10. The department shall maintain a written record and statement of fact concerning summary punishment of a participant. Copies of the record and statement shall be sent to the probation department for the sentencing court. As added by P.L.94-1990, SEC.1.
Sec. 11. (a) A participant may voluntarily withdraw from the boot camp. (b) The department shall notify the sentencing court of a participant who voluntarily withdraws or is expelled from boot camp. As added by P.L.94-1990, SEC.1.
Sec. 12. (a) A participant may be expelled from boot camp if program personnel find the participant: (1) has committed misconduct under rules adopted by the department; or (2) has failed to adapt to the boot camp regimen and program. (b) If a participant is expelled from boot camp, the department shall submit to the […]
Sec. 13. A youthful offender who fails to successfully complete boot camp shall be returned to the general population of a correctional facility designated by the department to serve the remainder of the youthful offender’s sentence. As added by P.L.94-1990, SEC.1.
Sec. 14. If a youthful offender is unable to participate in boot camp due to circumstances approved by the department, the time spent in nonparticipation may be excluded from the calculation of the time required to successfully complete boot camp. As added by P.L.94-1990, SEC.1.
Sec. 15. Any part of a sentence of a youthful offender served before placement in boot camp may not be counted toward program completion. As added by P.L.94-1990, SEC.1.
Sec. 2. (a) The boot camp must accommodate at least one hundred (100) but not more than one hundred twenty (120) youthful offenders who are designated by the department to participate in the program. (b) The department shall employ appropriately trained personnel to administer the boot camp. As added by P.L.94-1990, SEC.1.
Sec. 3. The department shall develop and implement the boot camp at a facility or facilities determined by the department. However, a boot camp facility used by the department must be separated by means of fencing or distance from a facility that houses nonparticipants in boot camp. As added by P.L.94-1990, SEC.1.
Sec. 4. The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 concerning criteria for the selection by the department of youthful offenders to participate in boot camp, including the following: (1) A participant must not have a physical limitation that would preclude participation in strenuous activity. (2) A participant must not be mentally impaired. As added […]
Sec. 5. The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that ensure the boot camp provides the following for participants: (1) A paramilitary environment emphasizing discipline, physical development, value modification, treatment intervention, and meaningful assignments. (2) An opportunity for a participant to: (A) learn self-discipline, self-respect, and personal accountability; (B) acquire a positive work ethic […]
Sec. 6. The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 for administering the boot camp, including the following: (1) Disciplinary procedures. (2) Program requirements. (3) A system for classifying and assigning participants. (4) Procedures for the systematic review of participants, including: (A) continuing performance evaluations by all staff who have direct contact with a participant; […]
Sec. 7. The department shall admit new participants on the first working day of each month. As added by P.L.94-1990, SEC.1.
Sec. 8. The department shall admit not more than forty (40) participants a month. As added by P.L.94-1990, SEC.1.
Sec. 9. (a) A participant shall participate in boot camp for exactly one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days. (b) A participant does not earn: (1) good time credit under any statute or rule; or (2) any other benefit; that reduces the period of boot camp participation below one hundred twenty (120) days. As added by […]
