1. (a) Program credits may be earned on the prison portion of a sentence for crimes at non-drug severity levels 4 through 10 or drug grid severity level 3 or 4 committed on or after January 1, 2008, but before July 1, 2012, or for crimes at non-drug severity levels 4 through 10 or drug severity level 4 or 5 committed on or after July 1, 2012, for successful completion of programs designated by the secretary of corrections. These credits shall be in addition to good time credits awarded pursuant to K.A.R. 44-6-115a.

   (b)(1) Subject to the exception stated in this subsection, if any portion of an inmate's composite sentence does not qualify for application of program credits, the inmate's entire sentence shall be found to be ineligible.

   1. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (b)(1), any inmate serving a composite sentence consisting of a sentence for a crime committed before July 1, 1993, with an indeterminate term of years, which shall mean a term other than a sentence of life imprisonment or a sentence with a maximum term of life imprisonment, and a determinate sentence for an offense committed while on release that otherwise meets the criteria specified in this regulation may be eligible to earn program credits on the remaining determinate sentence if the inmate meets any of the following conditions:

      1. (A) Is paroled to the determinate sentence;
      2. (B) attains conditional release; or
      3. (C) reaches the maximum sentence expiration date on the indeterminate sentence.
2. (c) Program credits shall not be awarded for successful completion of a sex offender treatment program.
3. (d) Program credits shall not exceed 60 days on any one eligible controlling sentence, regardless of the number of programs completed. For the purposes of awarding and applying program credits, all calculations shall be based upon a year, which shall be considered a 360-day period with each month consisting of 30 days.
4. (e) Program credits earned and retained on the prison portion of the sentence shall be added to the inmate's postrelease supervision term.
5. (f) Earned program credits may be forfeited through the disciplinary process in the same manner as that for any other earned good time credits.
6. (g) Criteria to determine if an inmate's performance and conduct warrant the awarding of some or all of the available program credits shall be established by the secretary through the issuance of an internal management policy and procedure.

(Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 21-6821, as amended by L. 2012, Ch. 150, §37; effective Aug. 8, 2008; amended Feb. 1, 2013.)