Section 11-10-10-2 - Purpose and period of time The department may temporarily release an offender from a correctional facility or program for a designated purpose and period of time, in Indiana, either alone or accompanied by a department employee or other custodial agent:
(1) to attend or make arrangements for attending an academic or vocational training institution or program, including attendance in a public school;(2) to obtain or make arrangements for obtaining medical, psychiatric, or psychological services, including treatment for drug addiction or alcoholism;(3) to work or make arrangements for employment;(4) to visit a close relative who is seriously ill;(5) to visit his immediate family;(6) to attend the funeral of a close relative;(7) to make preparations for release or discharge;(8) for recreational purposes;(9) to return to his home or other place authorized by the department during what appears to be his terminal illness; or(10) for any other purpose the department determines to be in the best interest of the offender and the public.As added by Acts1979 , P.L. 120, SEC.3.