Opinion ID: 1844374
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Text: Kurtis L. Bradham, Robert A. Davis, and Timothy G. Lyon are inmates at the Iowa Men's Reformatory. All three were employed at the facility in various jobs. Their evaluations for work performance ranged from above average to outstanding. Based on their performance evaluations, each applicant earned two or three work bonus day credits per month. These work bonus day credits reduced their time served by one to one and one-half days per month rather than by the two or three work bonus day credits earned. The applicants challenge two particular policies on how the work bonus program is administered. They complain because the reformatory cuts their work bonus day credits earned in half when calculating their discharge date. They think the reformatory's method of calculation violates the plain meaning of Iowa Code section 903A.2, the controlling statute on good conduct time and work bonus day credits. And they complain that as inmates living and working in the institution the maximum bonus day credits they can earn is three days a month. They think this policy likewise violates the plain meaning of section 903A.2 which allows up to five days a month. Iowa Code § 903A.2.