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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 · Sec. 20405

Sec. 20405. CREDITING OF “GOOD TIME”

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## SEC. 20405 CREDITING OF “GOOD TIME” Section 3624 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)by striking “he” each place it appears and inserting “the prisoner”; ####
(2)by striking “his” each place it appears and inserting “the prisoner's”; ####
(3)in subsection
(d)by striking “him” and inserting “the prisoner”; and ####
(4)in subsection (b)— #####
(A)in the first sentence by inserting “(other than a prisoner serving a sentence for a crime of violence)” after “A prisoner”; and #####
(B)by inserting after the first sentence the following: “A prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment of more than 1 year for a crime of violence, other than a term of imprisonment for the duration of the prisoner's life, may receive credit toward the service of the prisoner's sentence, beyond the time served, of up to 54 days at the end of each year of the prisoner's term of imprisonment, beginning at the end of the first year of the term, subject to determination by the Bureau of Prisons that, during that year, the prisoner has displayed exemplary compliance with such institutional disciplinary regulations.”.
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