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§ 4381. Earned good time.

(a) All sentences imposed for any offenses other than a life sentence imposed pursuant to any provision of this Code may be reduced by earned good time under the provisions of this section and rules and regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Corrections.

(b) "Good time" may be earned for good behavior while in the custody of the Department of Corrections when the person has not been guilty of any violation of discipline, rules of the Department or any criminal activity and has labored with diligence toward rehabilitation according to the following conditions:

(1) During the first year of any sentence, good time may be awarded at the rate of 2 days per month beginning on the first day of confinement.

(2) After completing 365 days of any sentence, good time may be awarded at the rate of 3 days per month.

(3) No person shall be awarded more than 36 days of good time under this subsection for good behavior in any 1 year consisting of 365 calendar days actually served.

(c) "Good time" may be earned for participation in educational and/or rehabilitation programs as designated by the Commissioner under the following conditions:

(1) Good time may be awarded for satisfactory participation in approved programs at a rate of up to 2 days per calendar month.

(2) No more than 24 days of program good time total as established in this subsection may be awarded in any 1 year consisting of 365 days actually served.

(d) "Good time" may be earned by participation in work programs as authorized by § 6532 of this title at a rate of up to 2.5 days per month with a limit of 30 days earned during any 1 year consisting of 365 days actually served.

(e) No more than a total of 90 days of "good time" may be earned in any 1 year consisting of 365 days actually served. (67 Del. Laws, c. 130, § 5; 74 Del. Laws, c. 346, § 2.)

§ 4382. Forfeiture of good time.

(a) Any person subject to the custody of the Department at Level IV or V shall, upon the conviction of any crime during the term of the sentence, forfeit all good time accumulated to the date of the criminal act; this forfeiture is not subject to suspension.

(b) Any person subject to the custody of the Department of Corrections at Level IV or V who is determined to have violated the rules of the Department of Corrections shall under the rules and procedures of the Department forfeit all or part of the good time accrued to the date of such offense. Forfeiture under this subsection may be suspended by the Department for the purposes of encouraging rehabilitation or compliance with discipline.

(c) Any person subject to the custody of the Department who is determined to have physically assaulted any correctional officer or employee of the Department shall, in addition to any criminal or civil penalties which may be imposed, forfeit all good time accumulated to date of the assault; this forfeiture is not subject to suspension.

(d) When good time is actually ordered forfeit, it may not be recovered by the incarcerated person.

(e) Any person subject to the custody of the Department at Level IV or Level V, who is found by a court or a federal court to have filed a factually frivolous claim, malicious claim or legally frivolous claim and sanctioned by the court or federal court pursuant to § 8805(a) or (b) of Title 10, shall be deemed to have failed to earn behavior good time credits within the meaning of § 4381(b) of this title and shall have a portion of his or her good time credits accumulated pursuant to § 4381(b) of this title forfeited to the extent and in accordance with the order issued pursuant to § 8805 of Title 10. (67 Del. Laws, c. 130, § 5; 70 Del. Laws, c. 411, § 3; 70 Del. Laws, c. 581, § 1.)

§§ 4383, 4384. [Reserved.]