Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 15

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Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 15 is a provision in the state’s Bill of Rights that addresses the treatment and rights of individuals in the criminal justice system, particularly regarding detention and punishment.

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Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 15 canonical 2

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
addresses conditions of detention ⓘ
limits on punishment ⓘ
treatment of individuals in custody ⓘ
aimsTo protect individuals from improper treatment in the criminal justice system ⓘ
appliesIn state criminal proceedings ⓘ
state detention facilities ⓘ
appliesTo criminal punishment ⓘ
individuals accused of crimes ⓘ
persons in detention ⓘ
bindingOn Indiana executive branch ⓘ
Indiana judicial branch ⓘ
Indiana legislative branch ⓘ
category Criminal procedure rights in state constitutions ⓘ
citationFormat Ind. Const. art. I, § 15 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
enforceableBy Indiana courts ⓘ
enshrinedIn Indiana Bill of Rights ⓘ
governs state actors involved in detention and punishment ⓘ
historicalContext 19th-century state constitutionalism ⓘ
interpretedWith other sections of Indiana Bill of Rights ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Indiana ⓘ
linked to: Indiana
language English ⓘ
languageType rights-protecting clause ⓘ
legalDomain state constitutional law ⓘ
legalEffect binding on Indiana state government ⓘ
legalHierarchy supreme law within Indiana on its subject matter ⓘ
legalSystem Indiana legal system ⓘ
locatedInDocument Indiana Constitution Bill of Rights ⓘ
partOf Indiana Constitution ⓘ
Indiana Constitution Article 1 ⓘ
protects rights of criminal defendants ⓘ
rights of detained persons ⓘ
relatedTo Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 16 ⓘ
sourceType primary legal authority ⓘ
subjectMatter criminal justice ⓘ
detention ⓘ
punishment ⓘ
typeOfRight individual right ⓘ
usedIn constitutional challenges to criminal punishment ⓘ
constitutional challenges to detention practices ⓘ

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Article 1: Bill of Rights (Indiana Constitution) → contains → Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 15 ⓘ
subject linked to: Article 1: Bill of Rights
Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 16 → relatedTo → Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 15 ⓘ