House Journal: Page 1815: Tuesday, April 25, 2000
22 of the total sentence of confinement under section
23 902.12, the maximum accumulation of earned time on the
24 new sentence of confinement shall be fifteen percent
25 of the new total sentence of confinement imposed by
26 the court upon reopening. Any earned time accumulated
27 on the original sentence shall be credited to the new
28 sentence upon reopening.
29 Sec. . Section 903A.2, Code 1999, is amended to
30 read as follows:
31 903A.2 GOOD CONDUCT TIME EARNED TIME.
32 1. Each inmate committed to the custody of the
33 director of the department of corrections is eligible
34 for to earn a reduction of sentence for good behavior
35 in the manner provided in this section. For purposes
36 of calculating the amount of time by which an inmate's
37 sentence may be reduced, inmates shall be grouped into
38 the following two sentencing categories:
39 a. Category "A" sentences are those sentences
40 which are not subject to a maximum accumulation of
41 good conduct earned time of fifteen percent of the
42 total sentence of confinement under section 902.12.
43 To the extent provided in subsection 5, category "A"
44 sentences also include life sentences imposed under
45 section 902.1. An inmate of an institution under the
46 control of the department of corrections who is
47 serving a category "A" sentence is eligible for a
48 reduction of sentence equal to one day for each day of
49 good conduct while committed to one of the
50 department's institutions. In addition, each inmate
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1 who is serving a category "A" sentence is eligible for
2 an additional reduction of up to five days per month
3 if the inmate participates satisfactorily in any of
4 the following activities equal to one and two-tenths
5 days for each day the inmate demonstrates good conduct
6 and satisfactorily participates in any program or
7 placement status identified by the director to earn
8 the reduction. The programs include but are not
9 limited to the following:
10 (1) Employment in the institution.
11 (2) Iowa state industries.
12 (3) An employment program established by the
13 director.
14 (4) A treatment program established by the
15 director.
16 (5) An inmate educational program approved by the
17 director.
18 b. Category "B" sentences are those sentences
19 which are subject to a maximum accumulation of good
20 conduct earned time of fifteen percent of the total
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