1. (a) The following definitions apply throughout this section:

   1. (1) "Chemical intoxicant" means a substance that, when introduced into a person's body, causes intoxication or a similar physical effect. The term does not include an alcoholic beverage or a cigarette or tobacco product (as defined in IC 6-7-2-5 ).

   2. (2) "Juvenile facility" means the following:

      1. (A) A secure facility (as defined in IC 31-9-2.1-222 ) in which a child is detained under IC 31 or used for a child awaiting adjudication or adjudicated under IC 31 as a child in need of services or a delinquent child.
      2. (B) A shelter care facility (as defined in IC 31-9-2.1-227 ) in which a child is detained under IC 31 or used for a child awaiting adjudication or adjudicated under IC 31 as a child in need of services or a delinquent child.

2. (b) A person who, without the prior authorization of the person in charge of a penal facility or juvenile facility, knowingly or intentionally:

   1. (1) delivers, or carries into the penal facility or juvenile facility with intent to deliver, an article to an inmate or child of the facility;
   2. (2) carries, or receives with intent to carry out of the penal facility or juvenile facility, an article from an inmate or child of the facility; or

   3. (3) delivers, or carries to a worksite with the intent to deliver, alcoholic beverages to an inmate or child of a jail work crew or community work crew;

      (including delivering, carrying, or receiving through the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle) commits trafficking with an inmate, a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Level 5 felony under subdivision (1) or (2) if the article is a controlled substance, a chemical intoxicant, a deadly weapon, or a cellular telephone or other wireless or cellular communications device.

3. (c) If:

   1. (1) the person who committed the offense under subsection (b) is an employee of:

      1. (A) the department of correction; or

      2. (B) a penal facility;

         and the article is a cigarette or tobacco product (as defined in IC 6-7-2-5 ), the court shall order the person to pay a fine of at least five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) under IC 35-50-3-2 , in addition to any term of imprisonment imposed under IC 35-50-3-2 ; or

   2. (2) a person is convicted of committing a Level 5 felony under subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) because the article was a cellular telephone or other wireless or cellular communication device, the court shall order the person to pay a fine of at least five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) under IC 35-50-2-6 (a) in addition to any term of imprisonment imposed on the person under IC 35-50-2-6 (a).

4. (d) A person who:

   1. (1) is not an inmate of a penal facility or a child of a juvenile facility; and

   2. (2) knowingly or intentionally possesses in, or carries or causes to be brought into, the penal facility or juvenile facility a deadly weapon without the prior authorization of the person in charge of the penal facility or juvenile facility;

      commits carrying a deadly weapon into a correctional facility, a Level 5 felony.

As added by P.L.126-2012, SEC.54. Amended by P.L.5-2013, SEC.1; P.L.158-2013, SEC.512; P.L.168-2014, SEC.81; P.L.22-2024, SEC.1; P.L.71-2024, SEC.3; P.L.104-2024, SEC.41; P.L.145-2026, SEC.239.