| B. While in custody in a penal institution or other | facility pursuant to an arrest or pursuant to a court order, | he the person commits an assault on a corrections officer, | corrections supervisor or another member of the staff of the | an institution or facility while the staff member is | performing official duties. As used in this paragraph | "assault" means the crime defined in section 207, subsection | 1, paragraph A. |
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| | Sec. 5. 17-A MRSA §1231, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 788, §7, is | amended to read: |
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| | 6. The court may revoke a period of supervised release | pursuant to section 1233. If the court revokes a period of | supervised release, the court may require the person to serve | time in prison under the custody of the Department of | Corrections. This time in prison may equal all or part of the | period of supervised release, without credit for time served on | post-release supervision, but may not exceed 1/3 of the straight | term of imprisonment imposed. The remaining portion of the | period of supervised release that is not required to be served in | prison remains in effect to be served after the person's release | and is subject to revocation at a later date. |
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| | Sec. 6. 17-A MRSA §1253, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 464, §4, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 2. Each person sentenced to imprisonment who has previously | been detained for the conduct for which the sentence is imposed | in any state facility or county institution or facility or in any | local lockup awaiting trial, during trial, post-trial awaiting | sentencing or post-sentencing prior to the date on which the | sentence commenced to run either to await transportation to the | place of imprisonment specified, or pursuant to court order, and | not in execution of any other sentence of confinement, is | entitled to receive a day-for-day deduction from the total term | of imprisonment required under that sentence. Each person is | 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 simultaneously being detained for non-Maine conduct. |
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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 |
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