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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-503" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Diminution Credits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An incarcerated individual shall be allowed a deduction of 5 days from the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement for each calendar month of presentence confinement during which the incarcerated individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>does not violate the rules of discipline; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>labors with diligence and fidelity when the opportunity for labor is available.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The deductions described in this section shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>begin on the day the incarcerated individual arrives at the local correctional facility;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>be made on a prorated basis for any portion of a calendar month of presentence confinement during which the incarcerated individual is committed to the local correctional facility; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>cease on the day the incarcerated individual is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>sentenced to a local correctional facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>released.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
