35-50-6-0.5. Definitions

IN Code § 35-50-6-0.5 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 0.5. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:

(1) "Accrued time" means the amount of time that a person is imprisoned or confined.

(2) "Credit time" means the sum of a person's accrued time, good time credit, and educational credit.

(3) "Educational credit" means a reduction in a person's term of imprisonment or confinement awarded for participation in an educational, vocational, rehabilitative, or other program.

(4) "Good time credit" means a reduction in a person's term of imprisonment or confinement awarded for the person's good behavior while imprisoned or confined.

As added by P.L.74-2015, SEC.30.