Beaty v. Shute

"§ 5318. Labor by convicts; deduction from sentence. The board shall require of every able-bodied convict as many hours of faithful labor in each day, during his term of imprisonment, as shall be prescribed in the rules of the prison, and every convict faithfully performing such labor and being in all respects obedient to the rules, or if unable to work, yet faithful and obedient, shall be allowed from his term a deduction of two months in each of the first two years; four months in each of the next two years and five months in each of the remaining years of his term; provided, that any such convict who shall commit an assault upon a fellow convict, guard, or other person belonging to or in anywise connected with said prison, or in any manner endanger the lives of the persons aforesaid, or shall be guilty of any flagrant disregard of the rules, shall forfeit all deductions of time earned by him for good conduct prior to the commission of such offense. Such forfeiture, however, shall only be made by the board of pardons and paroles after due proof of the offense and notice to the offender, nor shall such forfeiture be imposed when a party has violated any rule without violence or evil intent, of which said board shall be the sole judges."