State Ex Rel. Gegenfurtner v. Burke

The issue before us concerns the diminution of sentence credit to which the petitioner may be entitled for good conduct. The issue is to be determined by a construction of portions of sec. 53.11, Stats., which read as follows:

“(1) The warden or superintendent shall keep a record of the conduct of each inmate, specifying each infraction of the rules. Each inmate who shall conduct himself in a proper manner and perform all the duties required of him shall be entitled to good time or diminution of sentence according to the following table, prorated for any part of a year: First year, one month;…