California Code of Regulations › Title 15 - Crime Prevention and Corrections › Division 3 - Adult Institutions, Programs and Parole › Chapter 1 - Rules and Regulations of Adult Operations and Programs › Article 3.3 - Credits › Section 3043.2 - Good Conduct Credit

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The award of
				  Good Conduct Credit requires that an inmate comply with Departmental regulations and
				  local rules of the prison and perform the duties assigned on a regular and
				  satisfactory basis.
(b) Notwithstanding
				  any other authority to award or limit credit, effective May 1, 2017, the award of
				  Good Conduct Credit shall advance an inmate's release date if sentenced to a
				  determinate term or advance an inmate's initial parole hearing date pursuant to
				  subdivision (a)(2) of section
				  3041 of the Penal
				  Code if sentenced to an indeterminate term with the possibility of parole pursuant
				  to the following schedule.
(1) No credit shall be
				  awarded to an inmate sentenced to death or a term of life without the possibility of
				  parole.
(2) The following Good Conduct
				  Credit rate shall be awarded to an inmate serving a determinate or indeterminate
				  term for a violent felony as defined in subdivision (c) of section
				  667.5 of the Penal
				  Code, unless the inmate qualifies under paragraph (4)(B) of this section or is
				  statutorily eligible for greater credit pursuant to this article or the provisions
				  of Article 2.5 (commencing with section
				  2930) of Chapter 7 of Title 1 of Part 3
				  of the Penal Code:
(A) One day of credit for every
				  four days of incarceration (Credit rate of 20%), beginning May 1, 2017 through April
				  30, 2021; and then
(B) One day of credit
				  for every two days of incarceration (Credit rate of 33.3%), beginning May 1,
				  2021.
(C) One day of credit for every
				  day of incarceration (Credit rate of 50%) for Work Group F.
(3) The following Good Conduct Credit rate shall
				  be awarded to an inmate sentenced under the Three Strikes Law, under subdivision (c)
				  of section
				  1170.12 of the Penal
				  Code, or under subdivision (c) or (e) of section
				  667 of the Penal
				  Code, who is not serving a term for a violent felony as defined in subdivision (c)
				  of section
				  667.5 of the Penal
				  Code unless the inmate is serving a determinate sentence and qualifies under
				  paragraph (5)(B) of this section:
(A) One day of
				  credit for every two days of incarceration (Credit rate of 33.3%), beginning May 1,
				  2017 through April 30, 2021; and then
(B) One day of credit for every day of
				  incarceration (Credit rate of 50%), beginning May 1, 2021.
(4) One day of credit for every day of
				  incarceration (Credit rate of 50%) shall be awarded to:
(A) An inmate not otherwise identified in
				  paragraphs (1)-(3) above.
(B) An inmate
				  serving a determinate term for a violent felony as defined in subdivision (c) of
				  section
				  667.5 of the Penal
				  Code who has successfully completed the requisite physical fitness training and
				  firefighting training to be assigned as a firefighter to a Department of Forestry
				  and Fire Protection fire camp or as a firefighter at a Department of Corrections and
				  Rehabilitation firehouse; or
(C) An
				  inmate serving a determinate term for a violent felony as defined in subdivision (c)
				  of section
				  667.5 of the Penal
				  Code who is housed at a Department of Forestry and Fire Protection fire camp in a
				  role other than firefighter.
(5) Two days of credit for every one day of
				  incarceration (credit rate of 66.6%) shall be awarded to:
(A) An inmate eligible to earn day-for-day credit
				  (50%) pursuant to paragraph (4)(A) above who is assigned to Minimum A Custody or
				  Minimum B Custody pursuant to section
				  3377.1; or
(B) An inmate eligible to earn 50% pursuant to
				  paragraph (3)(B) above who is assigned to Minimum A Custody or Minimum B Custody
				  pursuant to section
				  3377.1.
(C) An inmate serving a determinate sentence, who
				  is not serving a term for a violent felony as defined in subdivision (c) of section
				  667.5 of the Penal
				  Code, who has successfully completed the requisite physical fitness training and
				  firefighting training to be assigned as a firefighter to a Department of Forestry
				  and Fire Protection fire camp or as a firefighter at a Department of Corrections and
				  Rehabilitation firehouse; or
(D) An
				  inmate serving a determinate sentence, who is not serving a term for a violent
				  felony as defined in subdivision (c) of section
				  667.5 of the Penal
				  Code, who is housed at a Department of Forestry and Fire Protection fire camp in a
				  role other than firefighter.