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RSMo 558.041effective 01 Jan 2017

"Good time" credit, exceptions

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People in Missouri state prison can get days taken off their sentence for good behavior. The prison superintendent recommends the credit, and it goes toward the sentence the person is currently serving. Credit can be taken away if the person breaks prison rules or state laws. People serving certain sex offense sentences do not qualify for this.

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558.041. "Good time" , s, procedure. — 1. Any committed to the , except those persons committed 7 of section 558.016, or subsection 3 of section 566.125, may receive additional credit in terms of days spent in upon recommendation for such credit by the offender's when the offender meets the requirements for such credit as provided in subsections 3 and 4 of this section. Good time credit may be by the or his or her pursuant to the d pursuant to subsection 3 of this section.

2. Any credit extended to an offender shall only apply to the sentence which the offender is currently serving.

3. The director of the department of corrections shall issue a policy for awarding credit. The policy may reward an who has his or her sentence in an orderly and peaceable manner and has taken advantage of the available to him or her. Any violation of institutional rules or the laws of this state may result in the loss of all or a portion of any credit earned by the inmate pursuant to this section.

4. The shall cause the policy to be published in the .

5. No rule or portion of a rule under the of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the of section 536.024.

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Source & history notes

(L. 1983 H.B. 671 § 1, A.L. 1986 S.B. 618 & 562, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17

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