HI HB218

Allows inmates to earn time credits of up to 10 days per month of incarceration served, which can be deducted from sentences for misdemeanors or minimum terms for felonies.

Earned time credits require inmates to demonstrate consistent progress in five categories: work/vocational training, social adjustment, counseling participation, program goals achievement, and educational/literacy progress.

The Department of Corrections must develop objective standards for measuring consistent progress and conduct quarterly reviews for misdemeanor inmates and annual reviews for felony inmates.

Earned time credits are granted by the director, can be withheld or withdrawn, and vest upon being granted; the director may refer cases to prosecutors when inmates test positive for drugs.

Earned time reductions cannot exceed 25 percent of the total sentence or minimum term imposed.