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.

(Department of Correction; 210 IAC 1-9-1; filed Feb 22, 1988, 2:00 pm: 11 IR 2335; readopted filed Nov 15, 2001, 10:42 a.m.: 25 IR 1269; readopted filed Jul 6, 2007, 2:54 p.m.: 20070725-IR-210070277RFA; readopted filed Dec 2, 2013, 2:07 p.m.: 20140101-IR- 210130485RFA; readopted filed Nov 10, 2020, 3:02 p.m.: 20201209-IR-210200474RFA)