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28 CFR § 523.30 - What is educational good time sentence credit?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s523.30"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 523.30 - What is educational good time sentence credit?"
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "523.30"
section_name: "What is educational good time sentence credit?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "INMATE ADMISSION, CLASSIFICATION, AND TRANSFER"
part_number: "523"
part_name: "COMPUTATION OF SENTENCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3568 (repealed November 1, 1987, as to offenses committed on or after that date), 3621, 3622, 3624, 3632, 3635, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (repealed in part as to conduct occurring on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166 (repealed October 12, 1984, as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (repealed October 12, 1984, as to conduct occurring after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 32028, Aug. 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
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# 523.30 What is educational good time sentence credit?

Educational good time sentence credit is authorized by District of Columbia (D.C.) Code § 24-221.01, and reduces the amount of time to serve under a term of imprisonment. In these rules, we refer to D.C. educational good time as “DCEGT.”