Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 944.281 (2025)
Ineligibility to earn gain-time due to disciplinary action.
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944.281 Ineligibility to earn gain-time due to disciplinary action.—The department may declare that a prisoner who commits a violation of any law of the state or rule or regulation of the department or institution on or after January 1, 1996, and who is found guilty pursuant to s. 944.28(2), shall not be eligible to earn incentive gain-time for up to 6 months following the month in which the violation occurred. The department shall adopt rules to administer the provisions of this section.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1997–1998 · leading case: Britt v. Chiles, 704 So. 2d 1046 (Fla. 1997).
Britt v. Chiles, 704 So. 2d 1046 (Fla. 1997). “The penalty assessed was based on section 944.281, Florida Statutes (1995), which provides that "[t]he department may declare that a prisoner" who violates a law or rule "shall not be eligible to earn incentive gain-time for up to 6 months," and rule 33-11.”
Kalway v. Singletary, 712 So. 2d 410 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). “The petition alleged that the unamended rule, authorizing imposition of ineligibility to earn gain time prospectively as authorized by section 944.281, Florida Statutes, violated the Ex Post Facto Clause.”
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