Section 14-5-36 Work incentive credits; refusal to work or comply with standards.
Section 14-5-36
Work incentive credits; refusal to work or comply with standards.
(a) The Department of Corrections may devise and provide by rule a system of work incentive credits which may be awarded by the department to persons committed to its custody.
(b) Work incentive credits may be awarded by the department to recognize satisfactory performance of manual work assignments made by the department and compliance with satisfactory behavior standards established by the department.
(c) The department may award work incentive credits for each day during which the inmate has satisfactorily performed work tasks assigned by the department and has complied with satisfactory behavior standards established by the department.
(d) The work incentive credits awarded to an inmate by the department shall be reported by the department to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles who shall consider the credits when making a final parole release decision regarding the inmate. The department may recommend that the board apply the work incentive credits to advance any tentative parole release date already established for the inmate.
(e) The department shall report to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles any eligible inmate who refuses to participate in a work program, who fails to comply with satisfactory behavior standards while in a work program, or who refuses to earn work incentive credits while in a work program. In addition, an inmate who refuses to work shall lose all television viewing privileges until the inmate satisfactorily complies with the work program.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-518, p. 1051, §7.)