Maine Code § 17-A-2309

Discretionary deductions based on conduct and participation for individual who
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committed crime on or after October 1, 1995 but before August 1, 2004
1. Application. This section applies only to an individual who committed a crime on or after
October 1, 1995 but before August 1, 2004 and was sentenced to imprisonment for that crime.
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
2. Commitment to Department of Corrections or jail; discretionary 5 days per month
deduction. For an individual who committed a crime on or after October 1, 1995, but before August
1, 2004, and is in the custody of the Department of Corrections or a jail in execution of a sentence of
imprisonment for that crime, up to 5 days per calendar month may be deducted from that sentence,
calculated from the date of its commencement, if that individual's conduct, participation in programs
and fulfillment of assigned responsibilities during that calendar month are such that the deduction is
determined to be warranted in the discretion of the chief administrative officer of the correctional
facility or the jail administrator.
Deductions under this subsection must be calculated as follows for partial calendar months:
Days of partial month Maximum deduction available
1 to 6 days up to 1

7 to 12 days up to 2
13 to 18 days up to 3
19 to 24 days up to 4
25 to 31 days up to 5
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
3. Withdrawal of discretionary deductions. Any portion of the time deducted from the sentence
of an individual pursuant to subsection 2 may be withdrawn by the chief administrative officer of the
correctional facility for a disciplinary offense or for the violation of any law of the State in accordance
with Title 34-A, section 3032 and the rules adopted under that section or by the jail administrator in
accordance with jail disciplinary procedures. Deductions may be withdrawn for months already served
or yet to be served by the individual up to and including the maximum authorized for that sentence.
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
4. Restoration of discretionary deductions. The chief administrative officer of the correctional
facility or the jail administrator may restore any portion of deductions that have been withdrawn under
subsection 3 if the individual's later conduct, participation in programs and fulfillment of assigned
responsibilities are such that the restoration is determined to be warranted in the discretion of the chief
administrative officer or jail administrator.
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
5. Calculation of deduction for work in excess of 8 hours. The Commissioner of Corrections
or the sheriff may establish policy and guidelines for crediting hours of participation in work in excess
of 8 hours in a day toward another day for the purpose of calculating deductions from a sentence under
subsection 2.
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
6. Calculation of deductions following imposition of new or revised sentence of imprisonment
for same offense. When a judgment of conviction involving a term of imprisonment is vacated or a
sentence involving a term of imprisonment is revised or reviewed and a new sentence involving a term
of imprisonment is thereafter imposed upon the individual for the same offense, the day-for-day
deduction must be accorded on the new sentence both for each day the individual served in execution
of the initial sentence pursuant to section 2302, subsection 1 and for all previously earned deductions
specified in subsection 2 and Title 30-A, section 1606. Prior to the day-for-day deduction being given
on the new sentence, the new sentence must be reduced by any deductions specified in section 2305
previously or subsequently received. The deductions applied to the new sentence must be calculated
in accordance with this section.
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]

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