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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="3-706.1" title_number="3" title_name="Division of Correction" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Diminution Credits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to any other deductions allowed under this subtitle, as an incentive to reduce a term of incarceration, an incarcerated individual may be allowed a deduction from the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement if the incarcerated individual successfully obtains:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an intermediate high academic certificate;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>not more than one certificate of completion of a technical or vocational training program that required at least 600 hours of coursework and is approved by the Secretary of Labor and the Commissioner;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a State High School Diploma by Examination under § 11–808 of the Labor and Employment Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a high school diploma;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>not more than one associate degree; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>not more than one bachelor’s degree.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, the deduction allowed under subsection (a) of this section shall be 60 days per program completed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, for an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a crime of violence, as defined in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article, the deduction allowed under subsection (a) of this section shall be 40 days per program completed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for murder in the first degree or a sexual offense for which registration under Title 11, Subtitle 7 of the Criminal Procedure Article is required is not entitled to a diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement as provided under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The deduction allowed under this subsection shall be in addition to any other deduction awarded under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Commissioner shall establish a uniform system of deductions and participation criteria allowed under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
