VIOLENT FELONIES FOR MERITORIOUS DEDUCTION

Added specific lump-sum meritorious deduction awards for educational achievements: one month for vocational/substance abuse/mental health programs, three months for high school equivalency, four months for associate's degree, five months for bachelor's degree, and five months for graduate qualification

Added eligibility for lump-sum deductions for heroic acts that save life or property, or extraordinary conduct demonstrating commitment to self-rehabilitation

Added restrictions preventing prisoners from earning deductions if they disobey labor orders, are in disciplinary segregation, are within first 60 days of confinement for serious violent offenses, or are not active participants in recommended programs

Added provisions for prisoners in federal or out-of-state facilities to earn deductions based on program participation reports from those facilities

Added provision that meritorious deductions cannot be earned from life imprisonment sentences or life without parole sentences

Modified parole revocation deduction rates to distinguish between serious violent offenses, nonviolent offenses, and other revocation reasons with different maximum award amounts

Added requirement that prisoners must be active participants in programs recommended by classification supervisors and approved by wardens to earn deductions

Added requirement for corrections department to promulgate public rules and provide quarterly statements to prisoners about earned deductions