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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 18-98b (2026)

Outstandingly meritorious performance award

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In addition to any commutation or diminution of sentence or any meritorious time service award which may have been granted under section 18-7 or 18-7a, any inmate committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction for a definite term, or for a term with a minimum sentence imposed, may have not more than one hundred twenty days deducted from any one continuous term of imprisonment as an outstandingly meritorious performance award in the discretion of the Commissioner of Correction for exceptional personal achievement, accomplishment and other outstandingly meritorious performance, provided any serious act of misconduct or insubordination or refusal to conform to institution regulations occurring at any time during his confinement shall subject the prisoner, at the discretion of the warden and the commissioner, to the loss of all, or any portion, of any time awarded under this section. When any prisoner is held under more than one conviction the several terms of imprisonment imposed thereunder shall be construed as one continuous term for purposes of determining eligibility for any outstandingly meritorious performance award authorized by this section.

(1971, P.A. 162; P.A. 75-36; P.A. 88-244, S. 1; P.A. 91-406, S. 7, 29; P.A. 15-14, S. 5.)

History: P.A. 75-36 increased percentage of those awarded from maximum of 5% to maximum of 10%; P.A. 88-244 deleted provision re maximum number of inmates who may receive awards; P.A. 91-406 corrected an internal reference, substituting Sec. 18-7a for Sec. 18-53; P.A. 15-14 made technical changes.

Cited. 216 C. 220; 217 C. 568; 219 C. 269.

Cited. 24 CA 612; 34 CA 503; 36 CA 440; 39 CA 455.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1990–2005 · leading case: Rivera v. Comm'r of Corr., 756 A.2d 1264 (Conn. 2000).
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Rivera v. Comm'r of Corr., 756 A.2d 1264 (Conn. 2000). · cites it 5× “Second, the legislature explicitly provided that, for purposes of calculating credit awarded to an inmate for outstandingly meritorious performance under General Statutes § 18-98b, the inmate’s multiple terms of imprisonment shall be treated as one continuous term.”
Seno v. Comm'r of Corr., 593 A.2d 111 (Conn. 1991). · cites it 6× “Thus, the petitioner argues that in addition to his statutory good time; General Stat *282A utes §§ 18-7a (c), 18-98d (b); 9 the respondent should have considered his credit time for employment; General Statutues § 18-98a; 10 and outstandingly meritorious good time; General…”
Wright v. Comm'r of Corr., 578 A.2d 1071 (Conn. 1990). · cites it 6× “The sole issue in this appeal is whether seven day job credit (job credit) provided by General Statutes § 18-98a and outstandingly meritorious performance credit (OMP credit) provided by General Statutes § 18-98b earned during a subsequently vacated sentence must be credited…”
Velez v. Comm'r of Corr., 738 A.2d 604 (Conn. 1999). · cites it 3× “” General Statutes § 18-98b provides in relevant part: “In addition to any commutation or diminution of sentence or any meritorious time service award which may have been granted under section 18-7 or 18-7a any inmate committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction…”
McCarthy v. Comm'r of Corr., 587 A.2d 116 (Conn. 1991). · cites it 4× “For example, General Statutes § 18-98b 11 requires that “[w]hen any prisoner is held under more than one conviction the several terms of *577 imprisonment imposed thereunder shall be construed as one continuous term for purposes of determining eligibility for any outstandingly…”
Steve v. Comm'r of Corr., 665 A.2d 168 (Conn. App. Ct. 1995). · cites it 6× “He was not to receive a deduction of time for periods of employment under General Statutes § 18-98a or an outstandingly meritorious performance award under General Statutes § 18-98b.”
Whitaker v. Comm'r of Corr., 878 A.2d 321 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes § 18-98a. See General Statutes § 18-98b.”
Wilson v. Warden, 642 A.2d 724 (Conn. App. Ct. 1994). · cites it 2× ““For example, General Statutes § 18-98b requires that '[wjhen any prisoner is held under more than one conviction the several terms of imprisonment imposed thereunder shall be construed as one continuous term for purposes of determining eligibility for any outstandingly…”
State v. McFarland, 651 A.2d 285 (Conn. App. Ct. 1994). · cites it 2× “In addition, the defendant argues that the August 25, 1992 release was unlawful because although the commissioner of correction could have awarded him 120 days *443 of outstanding meritorious performance credit pursuant to General Statutes § 18-98b, making August 25, 1992, a…”
Williams v. Bronson, 590 A.2d 984 (Conn. App. Ct. 1991). · cites it 4× “Each has received or is eligible to receive employment credit pursuant to General Statutes § 18-98a 6 and the outstandingly meritorious performance award pursuant to General Statutes § 18-98b 7 only as to the minimum term of imprisonment.”
Harris v. Meulemans, 389 F. Supp. 2d 438 (D. Conn. 2005). · cites it 2× “” Conn. Gen.Stat. § 18-98b (emphasis supplied).”
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