DIXON, Justice.
We granted the State's application for writs in this case to review a ruling of the trial judge that the Department of Corrections must award prisoners "good time" credits for "jail time," that is, time spent in a parish prison after arrest, but prior to conviction and sentence. We reverse.
R.S. 15:571.3 B provides:
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