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28 CFR § 523.32 - How much DCEGT can I earn?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s523.32"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 523.32 - How much DCEGT can I earn?"
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "523.32"
section_name: "How much DCEGT can I earn?"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 3568 (repealed November 1, 1987, as to offenses committed on or after that date), 3621, 3622, 3624, 3632, 3635, 4001, 4042, 4081, 4082 (repealed in part as to conduct occurring on or after November 1, 1987), 4161-4166 (repealed October 12, 1984, as to offenses committed on or after November 1, 1987), 5006-5024 (repealed October 12, 1984, as to conduct occurring after that date), 5039; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510."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."
cfr_part: "523"
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# 523.32 How much DCEGT can I earn?

(a) You can earn 5 days DCEGT for each month you were enrolled in a designated program, up to the maximum amount designated by the Bureau for the type of program successfully completed.

(b) You are limited to 5 days per month DCEGT, even if enrolled in more than one designated program.

(c) Enrollment in a designated program for any portion of a calendar month earns one full month's worth of DCEGT.

(d) You are not eligible for DCEGT which, if awarded, would make you past due for release.

(e) Once appropriately awarded, DCEGT vests, and cannot be forfeited.