GT-WT-MT C-350 FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
JAIL DIVISION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
TITLE: GOOD TIME/WORK TIME/MISCELLANEOUS TIME NO: C-350
FILE: GT-WT-MT
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12-25-94 REVISED: 06-04-95, 06-01-97, 01-01-99, 09-01-99
AUTHORITY: Sheriff J. Zanoni APPROVED BY: Captain R. Wiley
REFERENCE: Penal Code Sections 2932, 4018.6, 4019, and 4024.1; U.S.
Supreme Court, Lynce v. Mathis (1997).
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this policy is to establish and maintain uniform and consistent methods for
the calculation of time credit for work and good behavior.
POLICY:
It is the policy of the Fresno County Sheriffs Department Detention Bureau that for each
six-day period in which an inmate is confined in or committed to the jail, one day shall be
deducted from their period of confinement unless it appears by the record that the inmate
has refused to satisfactorily perform labor as assigned by the Sheriff(i.e., "work time").
It is the policy of the Fresno County Sheriffs Department Detention Bureau that for each
six-day period in which an inmate is confined in or committed to the jail, one day shall be
deducted from their period of confinement unless it appears by the record that the inmate
has not satisfactorily complied with the reasonable rules and regulations established bythe
Sheriff (i.e., "good time").
It is the policy of the Fresno County Sheriffs Department Detention Bureau that no
deduction may be made for good time or work time unless the inmate is committed for a
period of six days or longer.
It is the policy of the Fresno County Sheriffs Department Detention Bureau as per PC
4018.6 that the Sheriff may authorize the temporary release without custody of any inmate
for purposes preparatory to their return to the community. Any such temporary removal
shall not be for a period of more than three days (i.e., "miscellaneous time").
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FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
JAIL DIVISION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
TITLE: GOOD TIME/WORK TIME/MISCELLANEOUS TIME NO: C-350
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It is the policy of the Fresno County Sheriffs Department Detention Bureau as per PC
4024.1 to accelerate the release of sentenced inmates up to a maximum of five days. The
number of days that release of sentence is accelerated shall in no case exceed 10 percent
of the particular inmate's original sentence, prior to the application thereto of any other
credits authorized by law (i.e., "miscellaneous time").
PROCEDURES:
I. CALCULATION OF GOOD TIME/WORK TIME
A. The CMS system is programmed to automatically calculate the
applicable good time and work time credits based on an internal formula
which uses the sentence days (SEN-DAYS) and credit for time served
(CFTS) values.
B. If a judge has ordered that no good time and/or work time be applied
towards an inmate's release date, the JCHG screen will need to be
recalled afterthe commitment information has been entered. [Ifa"0"was
entered, the system will override the entry and enter a number based on
the days sentenced.] Retrieve the screen, enter the "0" and modify the
JCHG screen.
II. CALCULATION OF MISCELLANEOUS TIME
Miscellaneous time is the number of days for which an inmate is given credit
based on the original length of their sentence. The officer making the CMS
commitment entry shall calculate the miscellaneous time based on the formula
provided by the Court:
A. Per PC 4018.6, inmates sentenced to ten (10) days or longer shall be
credited three (3) days of miscellaneous time.
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FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
JAIL DIVISION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
TITLE: GOOD TIME/WORK TIME/MISCELLANEOUS TIME NO: C-350
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B. Per PC 4024.1, inmates sentenced to ten (10) days or longer shall be
credited no more than five (5) days of miscellaneous time as follows:
Sentenced Number of Days Miscellaneous Time
0 - 9 0
10 - 19 1
20 - 29 2
30 - 39 3
40 - 49 4
50 or more 5
C. If there are consecutive charges, the miscellaneous time shall only be
placed on the charge with the latest release date.
III. LOSS OF GOOD TIME CREDIT
A. A sentenced inmate may lose good time credit for violation of any rule of
conduct.
B. Not more than 30 days of credit may be denied or lost for a single act of
misconduct defined as a serious disciplinary offense.
C. Loss of good time shall be debited from an inmate's release date via the
TMGD event. The NEW-VAL field shall be the applicable number of
days lost. The event shall be completed, the charge number the time is
to be taken away from shall be listed in the JCHG-NO field, and the
reason for the loss of good time credit shall be noted in the DESCRIP
field (i.e., the JREP number).
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TITLE: GOOD TIME/WORK TIME/MISCELLANEOUS TIME NO: C-350
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IV. LOSS OF WORK TIME
A. Work time credit is a privilege, not a right. Work time credit must be
earned and may be forfeited if the inmate has refused to satisfactorily
perform labor as assigned or has committed a serious disciplinary
infraction while participating in work.
B. Once earned, work time credit cannot be taken away.
C. A sentenced inmate may lose unearned work time credit for refusal to
work, or for a serious disciplinary infraction while participating in work.
D. Not more than 30 days of credit may be denied or lost for a single failure
or refusal to participate. Any act of misconduct described as a serious
disciplinary infraction while participating in work shall be deemed a failure
to participate.
E. Loss of unearned work time shall be debited to an inmate's release date
via the TMWD event. The NEW-VAL field shall be the applicable number
of days lost. The event shall be completed, the charge number the time
is be taken away from shall be listed in the JCHG-NO field, and the
reason for the loss of work time credit shall be noted in the DESCRIP
field (i.e., the JREP number).
V. LOSS OF MISCELLANEOUS TIME
Miscellaneous time credits cannot be taken away from any inmate, even if
those time credits were intended to reduce overcrowding.
VI. RETURN OF GOOD TIME
If an inmate is awarded the return of good time previously removed, the return
of the good time shall be credited to the inmate's release date via the TMGC
event. The NEW-VAL field shall be the applicable number of days to be
credited. The event shall be completed, the charge number that the time is to
be given back to shall be listed in the JCHG-NO field, and the reason for the
return of good time credit shall be noted in the DESCRIP field.
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TITLE: GOOD TIME/WORK TIME/MISCELLANEOUS TIME NO: C-350
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VI I. RETURN OF UNEARNED WORK TIME
A. If an inmate previously removed from worker status with a loss of all
unearned work time is reassigned to worker status, the inmate shall be
credited with a return of all work time earned from that date forth.
B. The return of work time shall be credited to the inmate's release date via
the TMWC event. The NEW-VAL field shall be the applicable number of
days to be credited. The event shall be completed, the charge number
that the time is to be given back to shall be listed in the JCHG-NO field,
and the reason for the return of work time credit shall be noted in the
DESCRIP field.
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