§ 14-9-64 — Deduction of Sentence Upon Completion of Qualifying Programs in Certain Circumstances

(a) Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f), a prisoner serving a term of incarceration in a Department of Corrections facility, or a facility leased by the department, may earn a deduction from the term of his or her sentence for successfully completing a qualifying program, known as education incentive time.
(b) A prisoner may not receive more than a total of 12 months of education incentive time during any term of incarceration.
(c) Deductions from a prisoner’s term of incarceration based on education incentive time shall be in addition to any other available sentence deductions, including, but not limited to, correctional incentive time awarded pursuant to Section 14-9-41.
(d) A prisoner may not receive education incentive time for the completion of any qualifying program that was completed prior to the beginning of the term of incarceration.
(e) A prisoner may not receive the benefit of education incentive time if any of the following occur:
(1) He or she has been sentenced to death.
(2) He or she has been sentenced to a term of life imprisonment.
(3) He or she has been convicted of a violent offense, as provided in Section 12-25-32, that is classified as a Class A or Class B felony.
(4) He or she has been convicted of a sex offense as provided in Section 15-20A-5.
(5) He or she is serving a term of confinement pursuant to Section 15-18-8.

Legislative History

(Act 2021-477, §1.)