24-15-5. Time of eligibility for parole.
An inmate is eligible for parole, subject to §24-15-4, after deducting from the inmate's sentence the statutory time granted for good conduct pursuant to §24-5-1:
(1)If convicted of a felony for the first time, when the inmate has served one-fourth of the time remaining;
(2)If convicted of a felony for the second time, when the inmate has served three-eighths of the time remaining; or
(3)If convicted of a felony three or more times, when the inmate has served one-half of the time remaining.
Source: SDC 1939, §13.5301; SL 1939, ch 34; SL 1964, ch 33, §4; SDCL, §§23-60-6 to 23-60-9; SL 1975, ch 174, §1; SL 1978, ch 186, §20; SL 1988, ch 196, §2; SL 2004, ch 168, §56.