Section 4019.4 Of Chapter 1. County Jails From California Penal Code >> Title 4. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1.
4019.4
. (a) (1) In addition to credit awarded pursuant to Section
4019, a sheriff or county director of corrections may also award a
prisoner program credit reductions from his or her term of
confinement as provided in this section. A sheriff or county director
of corrections who elects to participate in this credit reduction
program shall create guidelines that provide for credit reductions
for inmates who successfully complete specific program performance
objectives for approved rehabilitative programming, including, but
not limited to, credit reduction of not less than one week to credit
reduction of not more than six weeks for each performance milestone.
(2) Guidelines adopted by a sheriff or county director of
corrections pursuant to this subdivision shall specify the credit
reductions applicable to distinct objectives in a schedule of
graduated program performance objectives concluding with the
successful completion of an in-custody rehabilitation program. Upon
adopting the guidelines, the sheriff or county director of
corrections shall thereafter calculate and award credit reductions
authorized by this section. A prisoner may not have his or her term
of imprisonment reduced by more than six weeks for credits awarded
pursuant to this section during any 12-month period of continuous
confinement.
(b) Program credit is a privilege, not a right. Prisoners shall
have a reasonable opportunity to participate in program credit
qualifying assignments in a manner consistent with institutional
security, available resources, and guidelines set forth by the
sheriff or county director of corrections.
(c) As used in this section, "approved rehabilitation programming"
shall include, but is not limited to, academic programs, vocational
programs, vocational training, substance abuse programs, and core
programs such as anger management and social life skills.
(d) Credits awarded pursuant to this section may be forfeited
pursuant to the provisions of Section 4019. Inmates shall not be
eligible for program credits that result in an inmate being overdue
for release.
(e) This section shall only apply to inmates sentenced to county
jail pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170.