C.F.R. » Title 28 » CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF PRISONS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE › SUBCHAPTER B—INMATE ADMISSION, CLASSIFICATION, AND TRANSFER › PART 523—COMPUTATION OF SENTENCE › Subpart B—Extra Good Time

28 C.F.R. § 523.11

Meritorious good time

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(a) Staff are responsible for recommending meritorious good time based upon work performance. Each recommendation must include a justification which clearly shows that the work being performed is of an exceptionally meritorious nature or is of outstanding importance in connection with institutional operations. Work performance and the importance of the work performed are the only criteria for awarding meritorious good time.

(b) A retroactive award of meritorious good time is ordinarily limited to three months, excluding the month in which the recommendation is made. A retroactive award in excess of three months requires the approval of the Warden or designee (may not be delegated below the level of Associate Warden). Staff are to include with any recommendation for an inmate to receive a retroactive award of meritorious good time, a written statement confirming the inmate's eligibility for the retroactive award.

(c) Meritorious good time continues uninterrupted regardless of work assignment changes unless the Warden or the Discipline Hearing Officer takes specific action to terminate or disallow the award.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2024 · leading case: Daniel J. Waletzki v. P.W. Keohane, Warden, 13 F.3d 1079 (7th Cir. 1994).
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Daniel J. Waletzki v. P.W. Keohane, Warden, 13 F.3d 1079 (7th Cir. 1994). “28 C.F.R. § 523.11 . The requirements for showing a deprivation of liberty thus are not met.”
Moss v. Clark, 698 F. Supp. 640 (E.D. Va. 1988). “” 28 C.F.R. § 523.11 (a). Credits are also automatically available for inmates enrolled in work or study release programs for the entire period the inmate participates in the program.”
Rasco v. Beeler, 732 F. Supp. 75 (N.D. Ill. 1990). “” 28 C.F.R. § 523.11 (a) (1989). As Rasco points out, meritorious good time is not automatically terminated when an inmate is released on a writ of habeas corpus.”
Puana v. Williams (D. Colo. 2024). “at 8–9, 12–15 (citing 28 C.F.R. § 523.11 ). Neither argument carries the day.”
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