001-0 Wyo. Code R. §§ 0-2 - Definitions

(a) "Board" means the Wyoming Board of Parole.

(b) "Director" means the director of the WDOC.

(c) "Especially proper and helpful attitude, and exemplary conduct and behavior" includes but is not limited to outstanding adherence to the rules of the institution and compliance with directions or recommendations regarding work assignments or vocational, educational, rehabilitative or treatment programs, and a marked demonstration of pro-social behavior in the prison setting.

(d) "Evidentiary hearing" includes hearings pursuant to the WDOC Code of Inmate Discipline, Board revocation hearings, county jail hearings, WDOC jail and ACC sanction hearings, judicial civil or criminal hearings or trials or other hearings providing at least the minimal procedural steps required for removal of previously earned good time or withholding of good time towards credit for time served in county jail including, but not limited to, prior notice of the hearing and of the allegations, opportunity to hear and present evidence in person and to confront witnesses and a decision by an impartial decision maker. Hearings conducted by the Board and WDOC are exempt from the hearing and appeal procedures established in the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.

(e) "Good time allowance" is a reduction of the minimum and maximum sentence of an inmate in the amount of up to fifteen (15) days per month for each month served on a sentence as an inmate, to include the inmate's credit for jail time served in accordance with the inmate's Judgment and Sentence and any time served in the county jail from the date of sentence until transfer to a WDOC facility. Good time may be awarded at the discretion of the Warden based on an inmate's proper and helpful attitude, conduct and behavior. An inmate serving a life sentence or a sentence of death is not eligible for good time allowances. The granting of good time is a matter of grace and not that of a right of inmates.

(f) "Inmate" means an individual who is serving a sentence of incarceration committing him/her to the custody of the WDOC, who has not been released to probation or parole, and who is housed in a facility which is operated for the purpose of housing convicted criminals.

(g) "Parole good time allowance" is a reduction of the maximum sentence of a parolee in the amount of up to twenty (20) days per month for each month served on parole. Parole good time may be awarded at the discretion of the Board based on a parolee's compliance with the conditions of parole. The granting of parole good time is a matter of grace and not that of a right of parolees.

(h) "Parolee" means an individual who is on parole status pursuant to an order of the Board.

(i) "Proper and helpful attitude, conduct and behavior" includes, but is not limited to, adherence to an individualized case plan, participation in work, education, vocational programs, job training, treatment or rehabilitative programs as recommended by WDOC, the Board or the sentencing court and adherence to the rules of the institution.

(j) "Special good time allowance" is a reduction of the minimum sentence of an inmate in addition to the monthly good time allowance authorized herein. Special good time may be awarded at the discretion of the Board within limits set forth herein based on an inmate's especially proper and helpful attitude and exemplary conduct and behavior. The granting of special good time is a matter of grace and not that of a right of inmates.

(k) "Warden" means the chief administrator of a WDOC correctional facility.

(l) "WDOC" means the Wyoming Department of Corrections.

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001-0 Wyo. Code R. §§ 0-2

Amended, Eff. 7/1/2020.