Indiana § 11-10-10-2 - Purpose and period of time

§ 11-10-10-2. Purpose and period of time

Sec. 2. The department may temporarily release an offender from a correctional facility or program for a designated purpose and period of time, in Indiana, either alone or accompanied by a department employee or other custodial agent:

(1) to attend or make arrangements for attending an academic or vocational training institution or program, including attendance in a public school;

(2) to obtain or make arrangements for obtaining medical, psychiatric, or psychological services, including treatment for drug addiction or alcoholism;

(3) to work or make arrangements for employment;

(4) to visit a close relative who is seriously ill;

(5) to visit his immediate family;

(6) to attend the funeral of a close relative;

(7) to make preparations for release or discharge;

(8) for recreational purposes;

(9) to return to his home or other place authorized by the department during what appears to be his terminal illness; or

(10) for any other purpose the department determines to be in the best interest of the offender and the public.

As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.