Kan. Admin. Regs. § 44-6-125

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 24, June 13, 2024

Section 44-6-125 - Good time forfeitures not restored; exceptions; limits; parole; guidelines release date

(a) On and after May 1, 1981, no good time restored. For all inmates, good time that was forfeited on and after May 1, 1981 shall not be restored at a later date. An exception may be requested by the warden in order that standards of basic fairness, equity, and justice may be met. In such a case, good cause for restoration of good time credits shall be shown, in writing, by the warden to the secretary or the secretary's designee. Restoration of good time credits by exception shall be granted only upon written approval by the secretary or the secretary's designee. Good time forfeited before the first effective date of this regulation, May 15, 1980, may be restored in accordance with the secretary of corrections' policies and procedures then in force and effect. Good time credits that are eligible for award but have not yet actually been awarded due to an administrative error or omission may be forfeited.

(b) Forfeit only on minimum until parole eligibility. Before parole eligibility, forfeited good time credits shall be subtracted from the amount of good time credits earned toward the parole eligibility only, and not from those credits used to create the conditional release date. After parole eligibility is achieved, subsequent forfeited credits shall be subtracted from the credits used to form the conditional release date.

(c) Forfeitures limited to awards; no extension of maximum. Good time credits shall not be forfeited in an amount in excess of the good time earned before the disciplinary conviction. If an inmate receives an award of jail credit from the sentencing court after issuance of the original journal entry of sentencing and the sentence computation is revised accordingly, previous forfeitures of good time credits shall not be revised or modified. In cases of a new sentence conviction, disciplinary offenses occurring before the effective date of the new sentence that result in the forfeiture of good time credits shall not be applied to the computation. In no case shall forfeiture of good time credits extend the controlling maximum sentence, nor shall the forfeiture interfere with or bypass any statutorily fixed parole eligibility that is not controlled by good time credits.

(d) No parole eligibility if forfeited time remains unserved. If good time credits on the term have been forfeited, an inmate shall not be eligible for parole until the inmate has served the time that otherwise would have been subtracted from the term by the application of the credits, or has obtained a restoration of those credits.

(e) In the case of an offender serving a guidelines sentence, forfeiture of good time credits shall affect the guidelines release date. Good time credits shall not be forfeited in an amount in excess of good time previously earned.

(f) Forfeitures made by disciplinary process. Forfeiture of good time credits or program credits may be ordered by the disciplinary board or hearing officer as a penalty for the inmate's commission of certain offenses as set out in articles 12 and 13 of these regulations.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 44-6-125

Authorized by K.S.A. 21-4722, K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 75-5210, K.S.A. 75-5251; implementing K.S.A. 21-4722, K.S.A. 22-3717, K.S.A. 2007 Supp. 75-5210, K.S.A. 75-5251; effective, T-84-32, Nov. 23, 1983; effective May 1, 1984; amended Nov. 12, 1990; amended April 6, 1992; amended Sept. 6, 2002; amended June 1, 2007; amended Aug. 8, 2008.