Opinion No. Oag 20-85, (1985)

DARWIN L. ZWIEG, District Attorney Clark County

You have requested my opinion on the question whether a person sentenced to the county jail for remedial contempt of court is eligible for "good time" against his sentence under section 53.43, Stats.

Inmates of county jails generally are eligible for good time credit against their sentences under section 53.43 which provides, in pertinent part: "Every inmate of a county jail is eligible to earn good time in the amount of one-fourth of his or her term for good behavior if sentenced to at least 4 days, but fractions of a day shall be ignored."

Resolut…