TITLE 42
State Affairs and Government
CHAPTER 42-56
Corrections Department
SECTION 42-56-26
§ 42-56-26 Additional time allowed for
meritorious service.
Prisoners sentenced to imprisonment for violations of offenses identified in
subsections 42-56-24(a) and (b) shall be eligible to have deducted from his or
her sentence up to three (3) days per month up to a maximum of thirty-six (36)
days per year, when in the determination of the director, or his or her
designee, an inmate has performed heroic acts affecting the lives and welfare
of the institutional personnel, inmates, or the general public, or when an
inmate has submitted extraordinary and useful ideas and plans which have been
implemented for the benefit of the state resulting in substantial savings
and/or a higher degree of efficiency or performance while participating in and
completing academic or vocational education programs, or when an inmate has
submitted useful ideas concerning academic or vocational programs which have
been implemented at the adult correctional institutions. Nothing in this
section shall be construed to deprive a prisoner of time already accumulated or
deducted prior to May 8, 1974.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1976, ch. 290, § 1; P.L. 1979, ch. 162, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 9,
art. 7, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 150, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 152, §
1.)
