12-54.1 Sentence Reduction for Good or Meritorious Conduct
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<![CDATA[CHAPTER 12-54.1SENTENCE REDUCTION FOR GOOD OR MERITORIOUS CONDUCT12-54.1-01. Performance-based sentence reduction.1.Except as provided under section 12.1-32-09.1, offenders committed to the legal and<br>physical custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation are eligible to<br>earn sentence reductions based upon performance criteria established through<br>department and penitentiary rules.Performance criteria includes participation incourt-ordered or staff-recommended treatment and education programs and good<br>work performance. The department may credit an offender committed to the legal<br>and physical custody of the department who is eligible for sentence reduction five<br>days good time per month for each month of the sentence imposed.Thedepartment may not credit an offender with any sentence reduction for time spent in<br>custody prior to sentence and commitment, for time under supervised probation, or<br>for any sentence where the incarceration time is six months or less.2.The presiding judge of a judicial district in which a correctional facility is located, after<br>consultation with the other judges in the district, may authorize the facility<br>administrator to provide for sentence reductions based upon performance criteria<br>established through the administrator. The criteria must be substantially similar to<br>the performance criteria established by the penitentiary. Except as provided under<br>section 12.1-32-09.1, offenders sentenced to the facility are eligible to earn sentence<br>reductions based upon the performance criteria. While incarcerated in a correctional<br>facility, an inmate may earn five days good time per month except for any sentence<br>where the incarceration time is thirty days or less.12-54.1-02. Basis for good conduct sentence reduction. Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch.118, </p>
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