159.00.1-7.9. Meritorious Good Time
AR ADC 159.00.1-7.9Arkansas Administrative Code
Ark. Admin. Code 159.00.1-7.9
159.00.1-7.9. Meritorious Good Time
IV. POLICY. It shall be the policy of the Board of Correction and Community Punishment to award inmates meritorious good time as a result of good discipline, behavior, work practices, job responsibilities, and involvement in rehabilitative activities while in the custody or supervision of the Department of Correction or Department of Community Punishment.
VI. PROCEDURES. An inmate may be entitled to meritorious good time reducing their parole or transfer eligibility date up to 30 days for each month incarcerated after imposition of sentence in one of the units, facilities, or centers maintained by the Department of Correction or the Department of Community Punishment.
3. The Department of Correction or the Department of Community Punishment shall determine a date at which the inmate who has acquired the maximum amount of meritorious good time necessary is to be administratively transferred to a less restrictive placement or supervision level within the Department of Community Punishment.
Reduction in class status may occur:
Any person who is sentenced by a circuit court to the Department of Correction or Department of Community Punishment and is awaiting transfer may earn meritorious good time.
Inmates sentenced to the Department of Correction prior to April 2, 1971, shall be entitled to “statutory good time” as provided in Act 50 of 1968, provided no inmate shall ever receive a reduction of more than 30 days for each month served.
Current with amendments received through February 15, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credit for details.
Ark. Admin. Code 159.00.1-7.9, AR ADC 159.00.1-7.9
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