IC 11-10
    ARTICLE 10. CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ANDPROGRAMS

IC 11-10-1
    Chapter 1. Evaluation, Classification, and Assignment of CriminalOffenders

IC 11-10-1-1
Application of chapter
    Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to criminal offenders.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.

IC 11-10-1-2
Evaluation; information to consider; utilization of reports, or otherinformation; previous evaluations and information
    Sec. 2. (a) A committed criminal offender shall, within areasonable time, be evaluated regarding:
        (1) his medical, psychological, educational, vocational,economic and social condition, and history;
        (2) the circumstances surrounding his present commitment;
        (3) his history of criminality; and
        (4) any additional relevant matters.
    (b) In making the evaluation prescribed in subsection (a), thedepartment may utilize any presentence report, any presentencememorandum filed by the offender, any reports of any presentencephysical or mental examination, the record of the sentencing hearing,or other information forwarded by the sentencing court or otheragency, if that information meets the department's minimumstandards for criminal offender evaluation.
    (c) If an offender has undergone, within two (2) years before thedate of his commitment, a previous departmental evaluation underthis section, the department may rely on the previous evaluation andthe information used at that time. However, this subsection does notdeprive an offender of the right to a medical and dental examinationunder IC 11-10-3.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.

IC 11-10-1-3
Security classification of offender; determination; assignment tofacility or program
    Sec. 3. (a) Upon completion of the evaluation prescribed insection 2 of this chapter and before assigning him to a facility orprogram, the department shall determine the appropriate degree ofsecurity (maximum, medium, or minimum) for each offender asdescribed in IC 35-38-3-6. In making that determination thedepartment shall, in addition to other relevant information, consider:
        (1) the results of the evaluation prescribed in section 2 of thischapter;
        (2) the recommendations of the sentencing court; and        (3) the degree and kind of custodial control necessary for theprotection of the public, staff, other confined persons, and theindividual being considered.
    (b) After determining the offender's security classification, thedepartment shall assign him to a facility or program; make an initialemployment, education, training, or other assignment within thatfacility or program; and order medical, psychiatric, psychological, orother services. In making the assignment, the department shall, inaddition to other relevant information, consider:
        (1) the results of the evaluation prescribed in section 2 of thischapter;
        (2) the offender's security classification;
        (3) the offender's need for special therapy or programs,including employment, education, or training available only inspecific facilities or programs;
        (4) the likelihood of the offender's reintegration into thecommunity in which the facility or program is located;
        (5) the desirability of keeping the offender in a facility orprogram near the area in which he resided before commitment;
        (6) the desires of the offender;
        (7) the current population levels of the facilities or programsconsidered appropriate for the offender; and
        (8) the length of the offender's sentence.
    (c) If the department determines that a committed offender ismentally or physically incapacitated to such an extent that propercustody, care, and control cannot be provided by the department, itshall make arrangements for placement outside the department.
    (d) Before assigning an offender to a facility or program, thedepartment shall give him an opportunity to present pertinentinformation; discuss with him all aspects of the evaluation,classification, and assignment process; and work with him todetermine a fair and appropriate assignment.
    (e) If an offender is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of one(1) year or less, the department may make an assignment under thissection without making the evaluation prescribed in section 2 of thischapter. In determining the length of an offender's term, consecutiveterms of imprisonment shall be added together.
    (f) This section does not prohibit the temporary assignment of anoffender pending evaluation and classification.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.5-1988,SEC.60.

IC 11-10-1-4
Court order for evaluation, classification, and determination ofproposed assignment
    Sec. 4. Unless notified by the department that adequate space isunavailable, a court may order an offender who is to be sentenced byit and is subject to commitment to the department to be temporarilycommitted to the department, for not more than thirty (30) days, forevaluation, classification, and determination of proposed assignment

under sections 2 and 3 of this chapter. The department shall forwardto the court its written findings and recommendations.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.

IC 11-10-1-5
Evaluation and classification of offender by local governmentalunit or other public or private agency
    Sec. 5. This chapter does not preclude a local governmental unitor other public or private agency from evaluating or classifying anoffender, before commitment to the department, as prescribed bysections 2 and 3 of this chapter, if those services are approved by thecommissioner as a substitute for departmental services.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.

IC 11-10-1-6
Annual review of committed offender of current classificationassignment; decision
    Sec. 6. The department shall, at least annually, review, in accordwith sections 2 and 3 of this chapter, every committed offender noton parole to determine the appropriateness of his currentclassification and assignment and to make aclassification-assignment decision based upon that review. Beforemaking a classification-assignment decision the department shallinterview the offender, discuss with him the information on whichthe decision will be based, and allow him to challenge thatinformation and present pertinent information of his own. Thedepartment shall promptly notify the offender, in writing, of hisclassification-assignment decision and the reasons for it.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.

IC 11-10-1-7
Involuntary segregation of offender; review; disciplinarysegregation
    Sec. 7. (a) An offender may be involuntarily segregated from thegeneral population of a facility or program if the department firstfinds that segregation is necessary for the offender's own physicalsafety or the physical safety of others.
    (b) The department shall review an offender so segregated at leastonce every thirty (30) days to determine whether the reason forsegregation still exists.
    (c) This section does not apply to disciplinary segregation underIC 11-11-5.
As added by Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.3.