Varner v. Day’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “A. Determination shall be made by the secretary on a monthly basis as to whether good time has been earned by inmates in the department's custody. Good time which has been earned by inmates in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, hereinafter referred to as the "department", shall not be forfeited except as provided in Subsection C of this Section. B. (1) An inmate who is sentenced to the custody of the [department] and who commits a simple or aggravated escape from any correctional facility or from the lawful custody of any law enforcement officer or officer of the department, may forfeit all good time earned on that portion of his sentence served prior to his escape. [3] (2) An inmate who has been returned to the custody of the department because of a violation of the terms of parole granted by the Board of Parole shall forfeit all good time earned on that portion of the sentence served prior to the granting of parole. (3) An inmate who is sentenced to the custody of the department and who commits a battery on an employee of the [department] or any police officer as defined in R.S. 14:34.2 may forfeit good time earned on that portion of the sentence served prior to committing the battery of such person, up to a maximum of one hundred eighty days. (4) In all other cases, forfeiture of good time may include up to a maximum of one hundred eighty days. C. The department shall adopt rules to govern the imposition of the forfeiture of good time for the c”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 915 So. 2d 851 - Cao v. Stalder