Section 5-2-6-24 - Duty of institute to monitor criminal justice system(a) As used in this section, "criminal code reform" refers to statutory provisions relating to criminal law enacted by P.L. 158-2013 and HEA 1006-2014.(b) The institute shall monitor and evaluate the status of Indiana's criminal justice system as described in this section.(c) The institute shall annually gather data and analyze the status of the criminal justice system in Indiana, including the impact of current trends on: (1) local units of government;(2) the department of correction; and(3) the office of judicial administration.(d) The institute shall prepare an annual report, in conjunction with the justice reinvestment advisory council (established by IC 33-38-9.5-2), containing the results of its analysis before January 1 of each year. The report shall be provided to the governor, the chief justice, and the legislative council. The report provided to the legislative council must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.(e) The report required under this section must:(1) include an analysis of: (A) county jail populations;(B) community corrections agencies;(C) probation departments;(F) reentry court programs; and(G) data relevant to the availability and effectiveness of mental health and addiction programs for persons who are in the criminal justice system;(2) track the number of requests for sentence modification that are set for hearing by the court, including the relief granted by the court, if any;(3) track, by age and offense, the number of juveniles under the jurisdiction of an adult court due to:(A) lack of jurisdiction under IC 31-30-1-4; or(B) waiver of jurisdiction under IC 31-30-3-2 through IC 31-30-3-6;(4) track the number of juveniles under the jurisdiction of adult court due to a juvenile court not having jurisdiction of the cases in accordance with IC 31-30-1-4, by: (D) county of prosecution;(F) convictions received; and(G) sentences received; and(5) track the number of waivers of juvenile court jurisdiction granted under IC 31-30-3-2 through IC 31-30-3-6 by: (D) charges filed in juvenile court in which a waiver was sought;(E) charges filed in adult court following the waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction;(F) county of prosecution;(G) convictions received; and(f) All local units of government and local elected officials, including sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, judges, and county fiscal bodies, shall cooperate with the institute by providing data as requested by the institute.(g) State agencies, including the department of correction, the Indiana prosecuting attorneys council, the Indiana public defender council, the office of judicial administration, and the division of mental health and addiction, shall assist the institute by providing requested data in a timely manner.(h) Based on their analysis, the institute and the justice reinvestment advisory council shall include recommendations to improve the criminal justice system in Indiana, with particular emphasis being placed on recommendations that relate to sentencing policies and reform.(i) The institute and the justice reinvestment advisory council shall include research data relevant to their analysis and recommendations in the report.(j) The institute shall: (1) make the data collected under subsection (e)(4) and (e)(5) available to the public in an annual report, by fiscal year, due by October 30 of each year;(2) post the annual report required by subdivision (1) on the institute's website; and(3) provide a copy of the annual report required by subdivision (1) to the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana established by IC 2-5-36-3.Amended by P.L. 126-2024,SEC. 2, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by P.L. 142-2018,SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2018.Amended by P.L. 65-2018,SEC. 1, eff. 3/13/2018.Amended by P.L. 26-2017,SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2017.Amended by P.L. 187-2015, SEC. 1, eff. 7/1/2015.Added by P.L. 168-2014, SEC. 8, eff. 7/1/2014.