SENTENCE REDUCTION FOR GOOD OR MERITORIOUS CONDUCT CHAPTER 12-54.1 12-54.1-01. Sentence reduction

Except as provided under section 12.1-32-09.1, an offender committed to the legal and physical custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation is eligible to earn sentence reductions based upon performance criteria established through department and penitentiary rules. Performance criteria includes participation in court-ordered or staff-recommended treatment and education programs and good work performance. The department may credit an offender committed to the legal and physical custody of the department who is eligible for sentence reduction five days good time per month for each month of the sentence imposed. The department may credit an offender with sentence reduction for time spent in custody before sentencing and commitment to the legal and physical custody of the department. The department may not credit an offender with any sentence reduction for time spent on probation under the supervision and management of the department

12-54.1-02. Basis for good conduct sentence reduction

Repealed by S.L. 1991, ch. 118, ยง 4

12-54.1-03. Meritorious conduct sentence reduction

Except as provided under section 12.1-32-09.1, offenders committed to the legal and physical custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation may receive a lump sum or a monthly rate of meritorious conduct sentence reduction for outstanding performance or heroic acts or as a special control and security measure, as provided by penitentiary and department rules and upon written recommendation of a department multidisciplinary team. Meritorious sentence reductions are in addition to sentence reductions under section 12-54.1-01 and may be made only after a written recommendation is made by the warden and approved by the director of the department. Any sentence reduction for special control or security measures may not exceed two days good time per month per offender

12-54.1-04. Basis for meritorious conduct sentence reduction

Meritorious conduct sentence reductions may be awarded for any of the following performances or acts: 1

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Exceptional quantity and quality of work far beyond normal expectations for the job assignment

Beneficial suggestions resulting in substantial savings to the state

Acts of outstanding heroism

Acts which protect the lives of employees or other inmates or the property of the institution

Meritorious conduct sentence reductions must be awarded upon written recommendation of the warden and approved by the director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation on a lump sum basis resulting from separate recommendations and approvals. Such reductions may not be awarded on a continuing days-per-month basis beyond the month in which a reduction award is made. Such sentence reductions may not be granted for any month in which the performance sentence reduction under section 12-54.1-01 was withheld or forfeited

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