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§ 523.33 How is eligibility for DCEGT limited?

Eligibility for DCEGT is limited in two ways:

(a) If you violate prison rules, you are not eligible for one month's worth of DCEGT for each

disciplinary incident committed during the program enrollment period. A Discipline Hearing

Officer, or other staff using procedures similar to those in 28 CFR 541.17, must determine that

you committed a prohibited act.

For a list of prohibited acts and procedures regarding inmate discipline (including D.C. Code

offenders) refer to the Program Statement Inmate Discipline Program.

Ineligibility for DCEGT because of a violation of a prohibited act is not a sanction the Discipline

Hearing Officer (DHO) imposes. Rather, D.C. Code § 24-221.01 mandates compliance with

institution rules as a pre-condition to eligibility for DCEGT.

Ineligibility for one month’s worth DCEGT due to violation(s) of prohibited acts refer to all

violations arising from a single disciplinary incident. For example, if the D.C. Code offender

committed several violations of prohibited acts, all arising from a single incident, and all

contained in a single incident report, the D.C. Code offender is ineligible for five days of

DCEGT.

Multiple violations of prohibited acts arising from separate incidents (e.g., incidents occurring on

different dates, or the same date but different times), contained in separate incident reports, and

resolved by the DHO separately, count as separate disciplinary incidents for determining

DCEGT ineligibility. For example, a D.C. Code offender committing violations of prohibited

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acts arising from two separate disciplinary incidents on the same day is ineligible for 10 days

DCEGT.

A DHO or alternate member must find the D.C. Code offender committed a prohibited act after

following the procedures in the Program Statement Inmate Discipline Program. Unit Discipline

Committee findings of prohibited act violations do not disqualify D.C. Code offenders for

DCEGT.

DSCC staff must delay making final DCEGT awards when a D.C. Code offender’s disciplinary

action is pending before the DHO. When the DHO completes disciplinary action, DCEGT

should be awarded or denied regardless of pending appeals.

Previously denied DCEGT may be awarded later as the result of D.C. Code offender appeals

through the Bureau’s administrative remedy program or federal court orders.

The following are examples of DCEGT calculations involving disciplinary actions:

If an otherwise eligible D.C. Code offender completed a GED program successfully in six

calendar months, but committed a violation a prohibited act during the enrollment period, they

are only eligible for 25 days of DCEGT, because:

(5 days of DCEGT/month) x (5 eligible calendar months) = 25 days of DCEGT.

This limitation applies for every disciplinary incident during the program enrollment period,

even if committed during a calendar month that would not otherwise earn DCEGT. For example,

if an otherwise eligible D.C. Code offender completed a GED program successfully in 35

calendar months, but was guilty of a disciplinary incident in the 33rd month, they are only

eligible for 145 days of DCEGT, because:

(5 days of DCEGT/month) x (29 eligible calendar months) = 145 days DCEGT.

This limitation applies cumulatively. For example, if an otherwise eligible D.C. Code offender

completed a GED program successfully in nine months but was guilty of two separate

disciplinary incidents in the ninth month, they are only eligible for 35 days DCEGT, because:

(5 days of DCEGT/month) x (7 eligible calendar months) = 35 days DCEGT.

(b) The nature of your offense may limit your eligibility for DCEGT under D.C. Code 24-

221.01b or 24-221.06.

Eligibility for DCEGT may be limited based on the D.C. Code offender’s offense, as indicated in

the following table.

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If the D.C. Code offender’s Then DCEGT: The authority for this is:

offense is for:

A conviction for a crime of Must not reduce the D.C. Code § 24-221.01b,

violence under D.C. Code §22- minimum term by more Limitations. Only applies to

4501, as defined by D.C. Code than 15%. dates of offense on or after

§23-1331(4). June 22, 1994

Violating D.C. Code §48- Must not be applied to the D.C. Code § 24-221.06,

901.02 and 48-904.01, minimum term of Exceptions.

Controlled Substances Act, imprisonment.

Violating D.C. Code §22- Must not be applied to the D.C. Code § 24-221.06,

2104(b), Penalty for murder in minimum term of Exceptions.

first and second degree; or 22- imprisonment if the offense

4504(b), Carrying concealed occurred on or after

weapons; Possession of November 2, 1989.

weapons during commission of

crime of violence.

Violating D.C. Code §22-2803, Must not be applied to the D.C. Code § 24-221.06,

Carjacking. minimum term of Exceptions.

imprisonment if the offense

occurred on or after

October 2, 1993.

Violating D.C. Code §22-4502, Must not be applied to the D.C. Code § 24-221.06,

Additional penalty for mandatory minimum term. Exceptions.

committing crime when armed.

See the Program Statement

District of Columbia

Sentence Computation

Manual.