Unless an inmate is sentenced pursuant to section 902.12, an inmate of an institution under the Iowa department of corrections is eligible for a reduction of sentence of one day for each day of good conduct of the inmate while committed to one of the department's institutions. Unless an inmate is sentenced pursuant to section 902.12, in addition to the sentence reduction of one day for each day of good conduct, each inmate is eligible for an additional reduction of sentence of up to five days a month if the inmate participates satisfactorily in employment in the institution, in Iowa state industries, in an inmate employment program established by the director, in a treatment program established by the director, or in an inmate educational program approved by the director. However, if an inmate is sentenced under section 902.12, the total number of days which may be accumulated by the inmate to reduce the inmate's sentence shall not exceed fifteen percent of the inmate's total sentence of confinement. Reduction of sentence pursuant to this section may be subject to forfeiture pursuant to section 903A.3. Computation of good conduct time is subject to the following conditions:
1. Time served in jail or other facility, credited by the clerk of court prior to actual placement in a correctional institution, shall accrue for purposes of reduction of sentence under this section.
2. Time spent during escape shall not accrue for purposes of reduction of sentence under this section. An inmate who intentionally escapes may forfeit all good conduct time accrued and not forfeited prior to the escape.
3. Time between parole violation, which violation is determined by the board of parole at the final parole violation hearing, and incarceration shall not accrue for purposes of reduction of sentence under this section.
4. Good conduct time earned and not forfeited shall accrue to an inmate serving a life sentence. The good conduct time so accrued does not apply to reduce the life sentence, but shall be credited to the inmate on the date of commutation, if the life sentence is commuted to a term of years.
5. Except in life sentences, good conduct time shall be credited to the maximum sentence annually on the date of admission.
83 Acts, ch 147, § 3, 14, 15; 90 Acts, ch 1251, § 67; 96 Acts, ch 1151, § 4
Referred to in § 822.2, 902.12, 903A.4
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