2016 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 441 - JAILS AND COUNTY PRISONERS
.127 Service credits for work in community service program or within jail, for receipt of GED or high school diploma, or for good behavior -- Withdrawal of earned credits for misconduct.

Download as PDF 441.127 Service credits for work in community service program or within jail, for receipt of GED or high school diploma, or for good behavior -- Withdrawal of earned credits for misconduct. (1) (2) (3) The jailer or correctional services department shall grant sentence credits to inmates confined in the county jail on conviction of misdemeanor charges. Credit, if granted, shall be uniform and shall be based on the following: (a) For labor performed without the jail in a community service program or within the jail for the maintenance of the jail or for the operation of jail services such as food service: 1. For every eight (8) full hours of work, one (1) sentence credit shall be earned; and 2. For every five (5) of sentence credits earned, one (1) day of the sentence to be served by the inmate shall be deducted; (b) For successfully receiving a general equivalency diploma or a high school diploma, a service credit of thirty (30) days shall be earned; and (c) For good behavior, an amount not to exceed five (5) days shall be earned for each month served, to be determined by the jailer or chief executive of the jail for the conduct of the inmate. Sentence credits shall be deducted from the maximum expiration date of the sentence. If an inmate violates the rules of the jail or engages in other misconduct the jailer or correctional services department may withdraw sentence credits earned by the inmate. The jailer or correctional services department shall maintain a list of offenses and penalties for the ten (10) most common offenses and rule violations. Effective: July 15, 2016 History: Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2016. -- Created 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 57, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996.