Chapter 1140. To regulate commutation for good conduct for United States prisoners
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CHAP. 1140.— An Act To regulate commutation for good conduct for United States prisoners. June 21, 1902.[[Public, No. 170](/us/pl/57/170).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That each prisoner who has United States prisoners.Commutation for good conduct increased. been or shall hereafter be convicted of any offense against the laws of the United States, and is confined, in execution of the judgment or sentence upon any such conviction, in any United States penitentiary or jail, or in any penitentiary, prison, or jail of any State or Territory, [R.
S., secs. 5543, 5544, pp. 1073, 1074, amended](/us/rs/s5543/5544/pp1073/1074). for a definite term, other than for life, whose record of conduct shows that he has faithfully observed all the rules and has not been subjected to punishment, shall be entitled to a deduction from the term of his sentence to be estimated as follows, commencing on the first day of his arrival at the penitentiary, prison, or jail: Upon a sentence of not less than six months nor more than one year, five days for each month; upon a sentence of more than one year and less than three years, six days for each month; upon a sentence of not less than three years and less than five years, seven days for each month; upon a sentence of not less than five years and less than ten years, eight days for each month; upon a sentence of ten years or more, ten days for each month.
When a prisoner has two or more sentences, the aggregate of his several sentences shall be the basis upon which his deduction shall be estimated. Sec. 2. That in the case of convicts in any United States penitentiary, Restoration of forfeited commutation. the Attorney-General shall have the power to restore to any such convict who has heretofore or may hereafter forfeit any good 398 time by violating any existing law or prison regulation such portion of lost good time as may be proper, in his judgment, upon recommendations and evidence submitted to him by the warden in charge.
Restoration, in the case of United States convicts confined in State and Territorial institutions, shall be regulated in accordance with the rules governing such institutions, respectively. Sec. 3. Effect. That this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after thirty days from the date of its approval, and shall apply only to sentences imposed by courts subsequent to the time that this Act takes Prior sentences. effect, as hereinbefore provided. Prisoners serving under any sentence imposed prior to such time shall be entitled and receive the commutation Repeal. heretofore allowed under existing laws.
Such existing laws are hereby repealed as to all sentences imposed subsequent to the time when this Act takes effect. Approved, June 21, 1902.