Appendix A
Statutory "Good Time" Credits for Criminal Sentences
1. Inmates sentenced prior to October 1, 1976, may earn:
· 60 days "good time" credit for each year and pro rata for part of a year served for a sentence of not more than five years
· 90 days for each subsequent year (after the fifth) and pro rata for part of a year served
· five days per month for each month served as a meritorious time service award may be granted by warden or commissioner
2. Inmates sentenced for a crime committed on or after October 1, 1976, may earn:
· 10 days "good time" per month and pro rata for part of a month served for the first five years of a sentence
· 15 days per month and pro rate for part of a month served for each subsequent year
· "good time" credit applies to minimum and maximum terms of indeterminate sentence
· credit applies to term of determinate sentence
3. Inmates sentenced for a crime committed on or after July 1, 1981, may earn:
· 10 days per month and pro rata for part of a month served for first five years of sentence
· 12 days per month and pro rata for part of a month served for each subsequent year
4. Inmates sentenced for a crime committed on or after July 1, 1983, may earn:
· 10 days per month and pro rata for part of a month served for first five years
· 12 days per month and pro rata for part of a month served for each subsequent year
5. All inmates sentenced prior to October 1994, may earn:
· employment time credits of 1 day deducted for every 7 consecutive days worked
· Outstandingly Meritorious Performance Award of up to 120 days deducted for exceptional personal achievement, accomplishment, or performance in prison