The director of the Iowa department of corrections shall develop policy and procedural
rules to implement sections 903A.1 through 903A.3. The rules may specify disciplinary
offenses which may result in the loss of earned time, and the amount of earned time which
may be lost as a result of each disciplinary offense. The director shall establish rules as to
what constitutes “satisfactory participation” for purposes of a reduction of sentence under
section 903A.2, for programs that are available or unavailable. The rules shall specify that
earned time shall be calculated on a monthly basis as it accrues. The department shall\n\nTue Dec 09 21:52:20 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 903A (28, 0)
3 REDUCTION OF SENTENCES, §903A.7\n\ngenerate an earned time report for each inmate which shall include the amount of actual
time served, the number of earned time credits which have not been lost or forfeited, and
the amount of time remaining on an inmate’s sentence.
83 Acts, ch 147, §5, 14, 15; 2000 Acts, ch 1173, §6, 10
Referred to in §822.2, 903A.2, 903A.3
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Notes of Decisions
Reilly v. Iowa Dist. Court for Henry Cnty., 783 N.W.2d 490 (Iowa 2010).
· cites it 4× “2, for programs that are available or unavailable.” The discretion to determine what constitutes “satisfactory participation” in a treatment program necessarily includes the discretion to remove those who do not satisfactorily participate.”
State of Iowa v. Iowa Dist. Court for Jones Cnty., 888 N.W.2d 655 (Iowa 2016).
· cites it 4× “*663 Iowa Code section 903A.4 authorizes the IDOC to develop policies and procedures to implement these treatment programs with earned-time incentives: The director of the Iowa department of corrections shall develop policy, and procedural rules to implement sections 903A.”
Sanford v. Manternach, 601 N.W.2d 360 (Iowa 1999).
· cites it 4× “See Iowa Code § 903A.4. (At the time of Sanford’s discipline, the IDOC had no guidelines with respect to the appropriate discipline for a rule infraction of the type of which he was convicted.”
Dykstra v. Iowa Dist. Court for Jones Cnty., 783 N.W.2d 473 (Iowa 2010).
· cites it 2× “” Iowa Code section 903A.4 states, however, that the director of IDOC “shall develop policy and procedural rules to implement sections 903A.”
Aschan v. State, 446 N.W.2d 791 (Iowa 1989).
· cites it 4× “” Iowa Code § 903A.4. It seems reasonable to us then, that the director should have the last say as to whether, and for how long, prisoners forfeit such good conduct time.”
In Re the Det. of Shaffer, 769 N.W.2d 169 (Iowa 2009).
· cites it 2× “§ 903A.4. The department of corrections generated an earned time report for Shaffer reflecting the number of credits earned and the amount of time remaining on his sentence.”
Scott v. State, 517 N.W.2d 718 (Iowa Ct. App. 1994).
· cites it 8× “Iowa Code § 903A.4 (1991) (emphasis added).”
Harpster v. State, 569 N.W.2d 594 (Iowa 1997).
· cites it 3× “§ 903A.4. The statute provides that those rules may specify which offenses may result in loss of good conduct time and the amount of time which may be lost for each offense.”
Jones v. State, 545 N.W.2d 313 (Iowa 1996).
· cites it 2× “Section 903A.4 authorizes the department of corrections to develop rules to implement section 903A.”
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