The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard SB 231 on various correction matters authored by Sen. Bohacek. The bill eliminates requirements that the Department of Correction: (1) maintain farm programs for offenders committed to the department; and (2) prepare a report calculating the savings realized as a result of sentencing changes. The bill also replaces a reference to a rule repealed by the Department of Correction with a requirement that the custody and treatment of juveniles meet the standards and licensing requirements adopted in the administrative rules of the department.
The bill was amended by consent to:
- permit the Department of Correction to establish the Officer Breann Leath Memorial Prison Nursery (nursery) within a correctional facility determined by the commissioner and establishes the incarcerated women’s maternal health fund to provide funds to support the nursery, if it is established.
- provide that a community corrections officer may sell merchandise from a commissary to a participant of the community corrections program, and
- provide that the director of a residential community corrections program, or the director’s designee, may receive confidential information from the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking (INSPECT) program.
The Indiana Department of Correction testified in support of the bill. The amended bill passed 8-0.
Read the bill at https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/231