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Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-816

Forfeit of good conduct credits

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Hessmer v. Hessmer (2003)

Most recently applied in Hessmer v. Miranda (May 2003)

Acts 1996, ch. 913, § 1.

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(1) The commissioner shall forfeit an inmate's good conduct sentence reduction credits in the amount specified by subsection (b) on: Receipt by the department of a certified copy of a final order of a state or federal court that dismisses as frivolous or malicious a claim or lawsuit filed by an inmate while the inmate was in the custody of the department; and

(2) A determination that the department has, on one (1) or more occasions, received a certified copy of a final order of a state or federal court dismissing as frivolous or malicious a claim or lawsuit filed previously by the inmate while the inmate was in the custody of the department.

(3) On receipt of a final order described by subdivision (a)(1), the commissioner shall forfeit: Sixty (60) days of an inmate's accrued good conduct sentence reduction credits if the department has previously received one (1) final order described by subdivision (a)(2);

(4) One hundred twenty (120) days of an inmate's accrued good conduct sentence reduction credits if the department has previously received two (2) final orders described by subdivision (a)(2); or

(5) One hundred eighty (180) days of an inmate's accrued good conduct sentence reduction credits if the department has previously received three (3) final orders described by subdivision (a)(2).

(6) The commissioner may not restore good conduct sentence reduction credits forfeited under this section for any reason.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.