Basic services, 2022
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Overall
Locally operated
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Detention
Locally operated
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Probation
Locally operated
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Reentry
State operated
Indiana's delinquency services are organized at both the state and local level. The majority of secure detention in Indiana is administered judicially at the county level; however, some detention facilities are administered by the state, by local law enforcement, or by private contractors.
Community supervision is administered by local judiciary agencies within circuit courts. Probation Officers in Indiana are local juvenile court employees.
The Division of Youth Services (DYS), within The Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC), a state executive department of corrections agency, administers commitments to state public facilities and parole services for those youth leaving state facilities. |
Purpose clauses, 2016
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No clause
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Parens patriae
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Due process era
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Balanced and Restorative Justice (BARJ)
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Developmental Approach
Corrections agency, 2015
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Independent juvenile corrections agency
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Family/child welfare agency or division
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Broad human services agency
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Adult corrections agency or division
The Division of Youth Services (DYS), within The Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC), administers commitments to state juvenile correctional facilities and parole services for those youth leaving state facilities.
Intake and diversion, 2016
Initial intake and court diversion decision is at the discretion of the prosecutor or the juvenile court intake officer.
Statutory time limits for pre- & post-petition court diversions exist.
Solitary confinement, 2016
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Prohibits punitive confinement
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Limits punitive confinement
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No limits on punitive confinement
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Did not respond
Solitary confinement for punitive purposes is allowed in Indiana's juvenile correctional facilities. Segregation for major rule violations is allowable for 3 days per offense and extended to 5 days if an additional violation is committed while in segregation. A hearing is required for confinement over 24 hours. (Adapted from 51 Jurisdiction Survey of Juvenile Solitary Confinement Rules in Juvenile Justice Systems, 2016. Lowenstein Center for the Public Interest at Lowenstein Sandler LLP)
Release decision, 2016
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Agency
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Court
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Parole board
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Agency and court
Youth receiving indeterminate commitments to the Department of Correction's (DOC) juvenile facilities are released by the agency.
Release dates are determined by the youth's movement through the case management system. The Indiana Youth Assessment System (IYAS) Re-entry tool is administered before a youth is released to determine aftercare services.
Risk assessment, 2020
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In Indiana, juvenile probation is administered across local judicial circuits. Judicial administrative policy requires the use of a risk/needs assessment in juvenile probation. Indiana uses the Indiana Youth Assessment System (IYAS) as well as the Indiana Risk Assessment System (IRAS) statewide.
Information from the IYAS is used to guide diversion from formal process decisions and informal adjustment planning, develop/inform pre-disposition investigation reports and/or planning, develop probation disposition recommendations to the juvenile court, assign probation supervision level, and develop probation case plans. The state is also able to aggregate case level data and uses it to support local reliability and validity testing of the IYAS.
Both the IRAS and IYAS were adapted from tools used in Ohio such as their Ohio Risk Assessment & Youth Assessment Systems (ORAS/OYAS). These systems were developed for and validated by the University of Cincinnati in partnership with Indiana’s Department of Correction.
Sex offender registration, 2015
Registers
Risk instruments, 2017
- Risk instruments tool used
- Indiana Youth Assessment System
Mental health screening, 2014
Does not require a research-based mental health screening
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Secure detention
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Probation
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Corrections
- Mental health screening tool used
- Screening not required
The Indiana Juvenile Mental Health Screening, Assessment, and Treatment Project (Project) is aimed at early assessment of mental health issues facing children who enter juvenile detention. It is already helping children access needed services.16 of the 22 detention centers use the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument, 2nd Edition (MAYSI-2) as part of this project. Detention centers participate voluntarily.
Detention standards have been re-written to include the requirement of using the MAYSI-2 in all detention centers statewide, but those have yet to be approved. This is expected to go statewide in 2015 if the standards are approved. There is also work around aggregating the data statewide once it is implemented. The project is funded by title 2 and state agency funds.
Frameworks for evidence-based practices, 2014
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Statute
Supporting commitment to EBPs
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Administrative regulations
Either in corrections, probation, or the juvenile court
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Support center
Or collaboration dedicated to coordinating activities around implementing, evaluating, and sustaining EBPs
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No stance
No official stance on EBPs
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Did not respond
State did not respond to the survey
Indiana does not have a resource center or collaborative focusing on evidence based practices, however, the IDOC does actively seek evidence based practices for use in secure facilities and has selected "Why Try", an evidence based intervention to be implemented in all facilities. No official state position on the use of evidence based practices.
Recidivism reporting, 2016
- Study populations
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The group(s) of youth being studied in states that publicly report recidivism data.
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Arrest
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Court action
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Supervision
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Placement
- Re-offense events
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Events that are used to measure recidivism in states that publicly report recidivism data.
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Arrest
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Court action
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Supervision
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Placement
- Follow-up periods
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Details regarding the length of time and frequency that youth are tracked in states that publicly report recidivism data.
36 months with interval and adult systems reporting
- Details
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Additional levels of analysis provided in states that publicly report recidivism data.
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County
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Age
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Gender
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Race/ethn.
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Risk level
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Initial offense
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Re-offense
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Prior history
The Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) publishes recidivism rates for youth exiting state corrections. The IDOC defines recidivism as a return to incarceration within 36 months of the offender's date of release from a state correctional institution. Recidivism rates are reported at 12 month intervals with a maximum follow up period of 36 months.
Data sources
- Juvenile Recidivism Rates 2014
- Indiana Department of Corrections, Division of Youth Services
