N.D. Cent. Code § 12-54.1-04
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12-54.1-04. Basis for meritorious conduct sentence reduction
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12-54.1-04. Basis for meritorious conduct sentence reduction
Meritorious conduct sentence reductions may be awarded for any of the following
performances or acts:
1. Exceptional quantity and quality of work far beyond normal expectations for the job
assignment.
2. Beneficial suggestions resulting in substantial savings to the state.
3. Acts of outstanding heroism.
4. Acts which protect the lives of employees or other inmates or the property of the
institution.
Meritorious conduct sentence reductions must be awarded upon written recommendation of the
warden and approved by the director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation on a
lump sum basis resulting from separate recommendations and approvals. Such reductions may
not be awarded on a continuing days-per-month basis beyond the month in which a reduction
award is made. Such sentence reductions may not be granted for any month in which the
performance sentence reduction under section 12-54.1-01 was withheld or forfeited.
Meritorious conduct sentence reductions may be awarded for any of the following
performances or acts:
1. Exceptional quantity and quality of work far beyond normal expectations for the job
assignment.
2. Beneficial suggestions resulting in substantial savings to the state.
3. Acts of outstanding heroism.
4. Acts which protect the lives of employees or other inmates or the property of the
institution.
Meritorious conduct sentence reductions must be awarded upon written recommendation of the
warden and approved by the director of the department of corrections and rehabilitation on a
lump sum basis resulting from separate recommendations and approvals. Such reductions may
not be awarded on a continuing days-per-month basis beyond the month in which a reduction
award is made. Such sentence reductions may not be granted for any month in which the
performance sentence reduction under section 12-54.1-01 was withheld or forfeited.
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