Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 001 - Governor's Office
Sub-Agency 0001 - Good Time Allowance for Inmates of Penitentiary, Honor Farm
Chapter 0 - GOOD TIME ALLOWANCES FOR INMATES AND PAROLEES OF THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Section 0-4 - Award of Special Good Time

Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 0-4

Current through September 21, 2024

(a) The Board may award up to one month of special good time off the minimum sentence for every year in length of the minimum sentence, up to a maximum reduction of one year, in addition to the monthly good time allowance authorized herein. The Board may award special good time in any of the following circumstances:

(i) It will assist the inmate in attending a program needed for rehabilitation, mental or medical treatment;

(ii) It will prevent an inmate from returning to general population upon completion of ITU/TC;

(iii) It will expedite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer for deportation only;

(iv) It will expedite a felony detainer from another jurisdiction with a term of imprisonment equal to or greater than their current sentence;

(v) It will assist in further education;

(vi) It will assist in transition back to the community; or

(vii) An inmate has demonstrated an especially proper and helpful attitude and exemplary conduct and behavior.

(b) The Board may award up to one year of special good time, regardless of length of the minimum sentence, to an inmate with the requisite attitude, conduct and behavior, only for the purpose of paroling him to an Adult Community Corrections program, the Intensive Supervision Program, a Court Supervised Treatment Program or other established community treatment program or to another state when the inmate would not otherwise have sufficient time left on the maximum sentence by the time of parole eligibility for such a parole. Awards under this paragraph shall not exceed the amount reasonably necessary to effect a parole to the identified program or another state.

(c) Special good time may be awarded more than one time on the current sentence, but shall not exceed the limits set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) above.

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