Vermont Statutes Title 28 Sec. 812
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 28 Sec. 812
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Corrections. See
- facility: means any building, enclosure, space, or structure of or supported by the Department and used for the confinement of persons committed to the custody of the Commissioner, or for any other matter related to such confinement. See
- Inmate: means any person, not a child, committed to the custody of the Commissioner pursuant to the law of the State and subsequently committed to a correctional facility and any person confined at a correctional facility during the pendency of a prosecution against him or her. See
- Month: shall mean a calendar month and "year" shall mean a calendar year and be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See
§ 812. Denial of good time credit
If during the term of confinement an inmate commits any offense or violates any rule or regulation of the facility wherein he or she is confined, all or a portion of his or her good behavior reductions for the month of the offense or violation may be denied. Denial or forfeiture of good behavior reductions shall be in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Commissioner, and in accordance with the procedure established in section 852 of this title. In addition, a maximum of 10 days of any previously earned reductions may be forfeited for each subsequent offense or violation of any rule or regulation that occurs in the same month. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; amended 1977, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)