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In addition to the time credits provided for in sections 18-97 and 18-98, any person who has been denied bail or who has been unable to obtain bail and who subsequently is fined or sentenced to a correctional institution or a community correctional center shall receive a good conduct credit towards any portion of such fine as is not remitted or any portion of such sentence as to which execution is not suspended, such credit to be at the rate of ten days for each month of presentence confinement and such credits to be awarded only for prompt obedience to the rules of the correctional institution or community correctional center wherein the person is confined. The provisions of this section allowing credit at the rate of ten days for each month of presentence confinement shall apply to those periods of time spent in presentence confinement pursuant to sections 18-97 and 18-98, which occur after October 1, 1976, for an offense committed prior to July 1, 1981.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 18. Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction § 18-98c. Good conduct credit for presentence confinement prior to July 1, 1981 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-18-correctional-institutions-and-department-of-correction/ct-gen-st-sect-18-98c/
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