853 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 § 4128. ENFORCoEEENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL In the event of any failure of Federal Prison Industries to act, the Attorney General shall not be limited in carrying out the duties conferred upon him by law. CHAPTER 309.--0OOD TIME ALLOWANCES Sec. 4161. Computation generally. 4162. Industrial good time. 4163. Discharge. 4164. Released prisoner as parolee. 4165. Forfeiture for offense. 4166. Restoration of forfeited commutation. § 4161. COMPUTATION GENERALLY Each prisoner convicted of an offense against the United States and confined in a penal or correctional institution 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 beginning with the day on which the sentence commences to run, to be credited as earned and computed monthly as follows: Five days for each month, if the sentence is not less than six months and not more than one year. Six days for each month, if the sentence is more than one year and less than three years. Seven days for each month, if the sentence is not less than three years and less than five years. Eight days for each month, if the sentence is not less than five years and less than ten years. Ten days for each month, if the sentence is ten years or more. When two or more consecutive sentences are to be served, the aggre- gate of the several sentences shall be the basis upon which the deduction shall be computed. § 4162. INDUSTRIAL GOOD TIME A prisoner may, in the discretion of the Attorney General, be allowed a deduction from his sentence of not to exceed three days for each month of actual employment in an industry or camp for the first year or any part thereof, and not to exceed five days for each month of any succeeding year or part thereof. In the discretion of the Attorney General such allowance may also be made to a prisoner performing exceptionally meritorious service or performing duties of outstanding importance in connection with insti- tutional operations. Such allowance shall be in addition to commutation of time for good conduct, and under the same terms and conditions and without regard to length of sentence. § 4163. DISCHARGE A prisoner shall be released at the expiration of his term of sentence less the time deducted for good conduct. A certificate of such deduc- tion shall be entered on the commitment by the warden or keeper. § 4164. RELEASED PRISONER AS PAROLEE A prisoner having served the term or terms for which he shall have been sentenced after June 29, 1932, less good time deductions, shall upon release be treated as if released on parole, and shall be subject to all provisions of law relating to the parole of United States prisoners until the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which he was sentenced.
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