1. (a) Before a person who has been convicted of an offense and committed to the department of correction is assigned to a department of correction program or facility under IC 11-10-1 , the sentencing court may recommend that the department of correction place the person in a secure private facility (as defined in IC 31-9-2.1-223 ) if:

   1. (1) the person was less than sixteen (16) years of age on the date of sentencing; and
   2. (2) the court determines that the person would benefit from the treatment offered by the facility.
2. (b) A secure private facility may terminate a placement and request the department of correction to reassign a convicted person to another department of correction facility or program.
3. (c) When a convicted person becomes twenty-one (21) years of age or if a secure private facility terminates a placement under subsection

4. (b) a convicted person shall:

   1. (1) be assigned to a department of correction facility or program under IC 11-10-1-3 (b); and
   2. (2) serve the remainder of the sentence in the department of correction facility or program.
   3. (d) A person who is placed in a secure private facility under this section:
   4. (1) is entitled to earn educational credit and good time credit under IC 35-50-6 ; and
   5. (2) may be deprived of earned educational credit and good time credit as provided under rules adopted by the department of correction under IC 4-22-2 .

As added by P.L.79-1994, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.1-1997, SEC.154; P.L.1-2002, SEC.151; P.L.74-2015, SEC.28; P.L.145-2026, SEC.244.