Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 42.032. Good Conduct
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Art. 42.032. GOOD CONDUCT. Sec. 1. To encourage county jail
discipline, a distinction may be made to give orderly, industrious,
and obedient defendants the comforts and privileges they deserve.
The reward for good conduct may consist of a relaxation of strict
county jail rules and extension of social privileges consistent
with proper discipline.
Sec. 2. The sheriff in charge of each county jail may grant
commutation of time for good conduct, industry, and obedience. A
deduction not to exceed one day for each day of the original
sentence actually served may be made for the term or terms of
sentences if a charge of misconduct has not been sustained against
the defendant.
Sec. 3. This article applies whether or not the judgment of
conviction is a fine or jail sentence or both, but the deduction in
time may not exceed one-third of the original sentence as to fines
and court costs assessed in the judgment of conviction.
Sec. 4. A defendant serving two or more cumulative sentences
shall be allowed commutation as if the sentences were one sentence.
Sec. 5. Any part or all of the commutation accrued under this
article may be forfeited and taken away by the sheriff:
(1) for a sustained charge of misconduct in violation of any
rule known to the defendant, including escape or attempt to escape,
if the sheriff has complied with discipline proceedings as approved
by the Commission on Jail Standards; or
(2) on receipt by the sheriff of a certified copy of a final
order of a state or federal court that dismisses as frivolous or
malicious a lawsuit brought by a defendant while the defendant was
in the custody of the sheriff.
Sec. 6. Except for credit earned by a defendant under Article
43.10, no other time allowance or credits in addition to the
commutation of time under this article may be deducted from the term
or terms of sentences.
Sec. 7. The sheriff shall keep a conduct record in card or
ledger form and a calendar card on each defendant showing all
forfeitures of commutation time and the reasons for the
forfeitures.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 5.04(a), eff. Aug. 28,
1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 10, Sec.
14.05, eff. Oct. 1, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 5.03,
eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Sec. 5 amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 655,
Sec. 2(a), eff. June 18, 1999.
Article: 42.018 42.0181 42.019 42.02 42.023 42.03 42.031 42.032 42.033 42.034 42.035 42.036 42.037 42.0371 42.038
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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