28 CFR § 2.79 - Good time forfeiture.

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title: "28 CFR § 2.79 - Good time forfeiture."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "2.79"
section_name: "Good time forfeiture."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "2"
part_name: "PAROLE, RELEASE, SUPERVISION AND RECOMMITMENT OF PRISONERS, YOUTH OFFENDERS, AND JUVENILE DELINQUENTS"
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authority: "18 U.S.C. 4203(a)(1) and 4204(a)(6)."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 39809, Aug. 5, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 2.79 Good time forfeiture.

Although a forfeiture of good time will not bar a prisoner from receiving a parole hearing, D.C. Code 24-404 permits the Commission to parole only those prisoners who have substantially observed the rules of the institution. Consequently, the Commission will consider a grant of parole for a prisoner with forfeited good time only after a thorough review of the circumstances underlying the disciplinary infraction(s). The Commission must be satisfied that the prisoner has served a period of imprisonment sufficient to outweigh the seriousness of the prisoner's misconduct.

[65 FR 45888, July 26, 2000, as amended at 68 FR 41531, July 14, 2003]