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I posted this at another forum a few years ago, but I thought this would help the mothers, wives, and GF's of an inmate to estimate when their man would be released from prison.
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Unfortunately, sometimes the result of either a state or federal conviction for a criminal offense is a prison sentence.
The first thing someone asks when a prison sentence is imposed is, “How much time will my loved one spend in prison?” The answer to that depends on the amount of good time credits the inmate receives, which differs from state to state.
The link below is to a chart which shows the good time credits in each prison system for each state. By using the chart for your respective state, a person can get an idea of how long they or their loved one will actually be incarcerated. You may have to click the “+” at the top of the page to make it easier to read and once you access the chart, you will have to scroll down the page to display all 50 states.
tinyurl.com/moc7bob
I believe most all the information is current.
For those with federal convictions, the computation of good time credit is much more straightforward.
Here are a few points to keep in mind when dealing with a federal conviction------
A sentence must be more than one year in length for a federal inmate to receive good time credits. For this reason, you sometimes see a sentence of “a year and a day” imposed.
In the federal system, an inmate must serve approximately 85% of his sentence, as parole was abolished in the Reagan administration. A federal inmate will receive 54 days---actually 47 days--- good time credits for each year served as long as he exhibits good behavior.
Below is a link to a chart I found which is the easiest method to determining the amount of time a federal inmate will actually serve in prison.
tinyurl.com/jw2l5gg
The chart is fairly easy to read, but if anyone has any problems, message me and I will help.
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Idaho usually flops the guy, doubles the time served and finds any way to violate.
The sentence handed down at sentencing is etched in stone and can only be changed by a judge or an appellate court, and even then it is almost never enhanced. An appellate court can overturn a conviction or modify a sentence to a more lenient one, but a sentence is almost never enhanced.
What does this mean? If an offender is sentenced to “x” number or years by the sentencing judge, the DOC or BOP cannot change it. The BOP or the DOC can change the amount of good time credits given to an inmate, as that is an administrative decision.
There is a document called the Judgment and Sentencing document which spells out the exact nature of the sentence for each offender. This document is signed by a judge and is often referred to as “sentencing papers” or a “J&S.” The document can be obtained by contacting the Court Clerk in the country from which the offender was sentenced.
Scaredkitty, I am not sure what you mean by Idaho “doubling the time served” but Idaho cannot change an offender’s sentence once it is handed down by a judge.
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