Chapter 7 – Adult Case Records Information

73030.8.8 Minimum Release Dates

• ISLIndeterminate Sentence Law (crime committed prior to 7177):

  • The minimum term is established by statute.

  • The MEPD is determined by adding the statutory minimum term of confinement or the result of computation of aggregate minimum terms to the received date and subtracting any applicable preprison credits.

• DSLDeterminate Sentence Law (PCPenal Code 2931, crime committed on or after 7177):

  • The minimum DSLDeterminate Sentence Law (MINMinimum DSLDeterminate Sentence Law) release date is calculated by subtracting all applicable days of good time credit from the maximum release date.

    • This date shall be adjusted by any credits forfeited and/or restored in the disciplinary process.

• DSLDeterminate Sentence Law IW/TIP (PCPenal Code 2933, crime committed on or after 1183):

  • The EPRDEarliest Possible Release Date is determined in these steps:

    • Subtract all earned worktime credit, adjusted by any loss/restoration, from the maximum release date, the result of which is the current release date.

    • Subtract from the current release date the date through which credit was applied.

    • Divide the remaining number of days eligible for credit based on credit earning status.

    • Subtract the resulting number of days from the current release date. That date is the EPRDEarliest Possible Release Date.

• An EPRDEarliest Possible Release Date is a projected date contingent upon the inmate remaining in the same credit earning work group, having no unexcused absences, and no forfeited or restored credit.