Sec. 6. (a) A person imprisoned for a crime earns good time credit irrespective of the degree of security to which the person is assigned. Except as set forth under IC 35-38-2.5-5, a person does not earn good time credit while on parole or probation.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 35-50-6-6

  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
     (b) A person imprisoned upon revocation of parole is initially assigned to the same credit time class to which the person was assigned at the time the person was released on parole.

     (c) A person who, upon revocation of parole, is imprisoned on an intermittent basis does not earn credit time for the days the person spends on parole outside the institution.

As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.8. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.137; Acts 1979, P.L.120, SEC.15; P.L.166-2001, SEC.4; P.L.74-2015, SEC.37.

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