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BRAHAM v. BIERNE

No. 7739.

675 P.2d 1297 (1984)

Harold BRAHAM, and the class of all persons similarly situated, Appellants, v. Helen BIERNE, Commissioner of Department of Health and Social Services, Robert Hatrack, Director of Division of Adult Corrections, Department of Adult Probation and Parole, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

February 10, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith K. Bush, and Andrew R. Harrington, Alaska Legal Services Corp., Fairbanks, for appellants.

Patrick W. Conheady, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellees.

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and SINGLETON, JJ.

OPINION

COATS, Judge.

Prisoners are entitled under Alaska statutes to accumulate good time which is credited against their sentences.1 Prisoners who have earned good time, and who have not earlier been released on parole in the discretion of the parole board, are subject to mandatory release under the provisions of AS 33.20.040(a):

A prisoner serving the term or terms for which the prisoner was sentenced less good time...

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