HI HB218

Creates a new earned time credit system allowing inmates to reduce their sentence by up to 10 days for every month of incarceration actually served upon demonstrating consistent progress.

Earned time credits require demonstrated progress in five categories: work and vocational training, social adjustment, counseling participation, program involvement, and education/literacy progress.

Department of Corrections must develop objective standards for measuring consistent progress and review inmate performance quarterly for misdemeanors or annually for felonies, with credits vesting once granted.

Earned time deductions cannot exceed 25 percent of the total sentence or minimum term, and the director may refer cases to prosecutors when inmates test positive for drugs.

Takes effect upon approval.