‘Good time’ clarification measure passed

A bill introduced to clarify the calculation of “good time” for individuals serving city or county jail sentences passed May 14.

Currently, after 15 days of confinement, an incarcerated person is eligible to earn day-for-day good-time credit toward their sentence for following rules and not engaging in prohibited conduct.

LB640, sponsored by the Judiciary Committee, requires that the good-time sentence or sanction reduction be determined using the aggregate of the remaining term of a person sentenced to or confined in a city or county jail, including the sum of all consecutive sentences the person receives, whether received at the same time or at any time during such sentence or confinement.

Lawmakers passed the bill on a 47-2 vote.