Ex Parte Powers

This Court granted the petition for writ of certiorari in this case in order to review the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals, 546 So.2d 1000, which determined the amount of incentive good time the petitioner was authorized to receive under the provisions of Act No. 182, Acts of Alabama 1976; codified as Ala. Code 1975, §§ 14-9-20 through -25.

The Court of Criminal Appeals concluded that "Act 182 authorizes but does not require the Department of Corrections to grant a qualified inmate up to two days' good time for every day he serves."

The Court of Criminals Appeals correctly interpreted…