12-29-204. Statutory good time — Maximum reduction. | Arkansas Legal Resource Navigator

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12-29-204. Statutory good time — Maximum reduction.

12-29-204. Statutory good time — Maximum reduction. No inmate sentenced to the Division of Correction shall ever receive a reduction under this subchapter, or this subchapter and another subchapter jointly, of more than thirty (30) days for each month served except for the additional days of meritorious good time awards authorized in § 12-29-202(d).

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-29-204

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12-29-202. Classification committee — Classifications.

12-29-202. Classification committee — Classifications. (a)(1) There is established a classification committee to be defined by administrative rules approved by the Board of Corrections. (2) Members of the committee shall be selected by wardens or supervisors of the various units, facilities, or centers of the Division of Correction and Division of Community Correction per board rule governing their selection. (3) This committee shall meet as often as necessary to classify the inmates into no more than four (4) classes according to good behavior, good discipline, medical condition, job responsibilities, and involvement in rehabilitative activities. (b)(1) An inmate who maintains class through good behavior, good discipline, work practices, job responsibilities, and involvement in rehabilitative activities may earn up to one (1) day for every day served as a reduction toward his or her transfer eligibility date for each day incarcerated after the imposition of sentence. (2) An inmate who is reduced to the lowest class, established through board policy, as a result of disciplinary action shall not be entitled to earn meritorious good time. (3) An inmate serving a punitive disciplinary sentence in punitive segregation shall not be entitled to earn meritorious good time. (c) An inmate may be reclassified as often as the committee deems necessary or in accordance with current board rules to carry out the purpose of this subchapter and to maintain good discipline, order, and efficiency at the units, facilities, or centers. (d)(1) Upon recommendation of the committee, the Director of the Division of Correction may award an amount of meritorious good time sufficient to reduce incarceration time by up to ninety (90) days, not to exceed a total of three hundred six

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-29-202

Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 12-29-202. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.