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entitled to receive the same deduction for any such period of | | detention in any federal, state or county institution, local lockup | | or similar facility in another jurisdiction, including any | | detention resulting from being a fugitive from justice, as defined | by Title 15, section 201, subsection 4, unless the person is has | simultaneously being been detained for non-Maine conduct. A person | | who has been simultaneously detained for conduct for which the | | person is sentenced to a consecutive sentence is not entitled to | | receive a day-for-day deduction from the consecutive sentence for | | the period of simultaneous detention except for any period of | | detention that is longer than the total term of imprisonment | | required under the prior sentence. |
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| | | For the purpose of calculating the day-for-day deduction | | specified by this subsection, a "day" means 24 hours. |
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| | | The total term required under the sentence of imprisonment is | | reduced by the total deduction of this subsection prior to | | applying any of the other deductions specified in this section or | | in Title 30-A, section 1606. |
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| | | The sheriff or other person upon whom the legal duty is imposed | | to deliver a sentenced person who has been detained as specified | | in this subsection shall, within 30 days of delivery, furnish to | | the custodian a statement showing the length of that detention. | | In addition, the transporter shall furnish to the attorney for | | the State the same statement. The custodian shall use the | | statement furnished to determine the day-for-day deduction to | | which the person is entitled, if any, unless, within 15 days of | | its receipt, the attorney for the State furnishes a revised | | statement to the custodian. |
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| | | A. For any person who commits a crime on or after August 1, | | 2004, is subsequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment | | for that crime and is entitled to receive a day-for-day | | deduction pursuant to this subsection, up to 2 additional | | days per calendar month may be credited to that deduction if | | the person's conduct during that period of detention was | | such that the credit is determined to be warranted in the | | discretion of the chief administrative officer of the | | facility in which the person has previously been detained. |
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| | | Credits under this paragraph must be calculated as follows | | for partial calendar months: |
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