Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 81: ADMINISTRATION OF IMPOSED SENTENCES OF IMPRISONMENT
17-A §2302. General provisions

§2302. General provisions
1.  Deduction for each day in execution of sentence of imprisonment.   An individual committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections or a jail whose sentence of imprisonment has commenced pursuant to section 2303 must receive a day-for-day deduction from that individual's sentence of imprisonment for each day the individual is in execution of that sentence. This day-for-day deduction may not be withdrawn. Prior to the day-for-day deduction being given, the sentence must first be reduced by any deduction for time detained to which the individual is entitled pursuant to section 2305.  
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
2.  Start of consecutive sentence.   A consecutive sentence may not begin until the sentence involving imprisonment that the consecutive sentence immediately follows in time has been fully served.  
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
3.  Application of deduction for concurrent sentences.   While an individual is in execution of concurrent sentences pursuant to subsection 1, a day-for-day deduction must be accorded on all the sentences simultaneously.  
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
4.  Application of deduction for consecutive sentences.   While an individual is in execution of a consecutive sentence pursuant to subsection 1, a day-for-day deduction may be accorded on only one sentence at a time.  
[PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).

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