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Ind. Code § 35-33-11-3: Ind. Code § 35-33-11-3

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

A sheriff may petition a court to transfer inmates to another facility if overcrowding or inadequate conditions exist and another facility agrees to accept them. Only convicted inmates may be transferred unless trial-awaiting inmates must also be moved due to facility conditions.

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