In Re Reeves

Opinion

WERDEGAR, J.

Penal Code section 29331 offers state prisoners who participate in qualifying work, training and educational programs the privilege of earning “worktime credit” (id., subd. (a)) against their sentences. Ordinarily, the maximum rate at which a prisoner may earn worktime credit is 50 percent, or one day’s credit for each day’s participation.2 Other statutes make worktime credit unavailable, or available only at a reduced rate, to prisoners convicted of designated offenses. (E.g., §§ 2933.1 [violent offenses], 2933.2 [murder].) This case concerns section 2933.1, subdivision…