Indiana Administrative Code
Title 210 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Rule 9 - Literacy Standards for Participation in Minimum Security Release Program
Section 9-1 - Definitions
Authority: IC 11-8-2-5; IC 11-10-8-3
Affected: IC 11-10-8-3
Sec. 1.
The following definitions shall be applicable for the operations of literacy standards and minimum security release.
Minimum Security Release Program: Work release, regulated community assignment, or special assignment to a work release center.
Reading: Includes comprehension and vocabulary.
Writing: Language mechanics.
Handicapped: An offender who, in the judgement of psychological/psychiatric or education staff is potentially learning disabled, mentally or developmentally impaired to the extent that he/she is incapable of achieving minimum literacy competency.
Intake Unit: The department facility which receives the offender for initial classification. For these purposes, the intake units are the reception diagnostic center and Indiana women's prison.
Minimum Literacy Requirement: Competency level determined by the department of correction and the Indiana adult literacy coalition in the areas of reading and writing.