On this link, the bill states anyone convicted of a felony sex offense is not eligible for program credits. Sex offenders are required to serve 85% of their sentence.

As far as being on the registry, even if the victim was a member of the family - they are still listed. In CA, even when they are incarcerated, they are listed on Megan's Law website (just no photo). If you go online, you will see your husband listed, just as mine is.

You can find some information on what type of offenses can be excluded and what form to submit to be excluded. I included the link here…My guy only had to do 50% in county jail for a felony indecent exposure, So, not all sex offenses serve 85%.

http://meganslaw.ca.gov/sexreg.htm

Thank you for that link. IF hubby was ever able to come home, we can submit to have him excluded from the public registry after he is off paper.

Mtbfan. Thank you also. I am on the same boat as Thought. once the hubby gets home and completes everything is when we can apply.

Thought I read AB512 and it seems that in the current text they lined out anyone that has to register as a sex offender and in place put anyone sentenced to state prison pursuant to section 667.61 it 667.71. This is area that I don't understand.

H3lpm3, I sent this link to an attorney I know to get his feedback. Once I get an answer, I'll post. It would be great if that happened. It won't knock a lot off hubby's sentence, but a whole lot better than what he was eligible before.

Thank you Thought!

is that just a California thing? My husband has a misdemeanor for indecent assault because his daughter falsely accused him

Faery is it only for the state of California.

Faery, I would check your state's own Megan's Law website to see if it provides that exclusion. I knew that CA doesn't list juvenile offenders on the public registry in CA, but I didn't know about this.

Oh I'm sorry Faery. I thought you were talking about bill AB512 and not about the Megan's law

thanks!

AB 512 increased the credits that inmates can earn from certain rehabilitative or educational programs such as GED or vocational programs from six weeks to 18 weeks per any calendar year.

AB 512 does not include serious sex offenders or those inmates serving life without the possibility of parole.

The way I read the statute, present law allows certain inmates to earn up to six weeks good time credits for every year served if enrolled in rehabilitative courses and programs.

This bill increased the amount of possible good time credits---triples it----from six weeks to 18 weeks IF the inmate completes certain programs outlined by the California DOC.

Sex offenders are excluded.

Notice what I have capitalized------

"""""Existing law EXCLUDES certain prisoners from eligibility for the
additional program credit reduction provision described above,
including any person convicted of, or sentenced to state prison
pursuant to provisions relating to, specified serious or violent
felonies, ANY PERSON REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER, and any person serving a term of imprisonment as a result of a violation of parole without a new term.

This bill would revise the exclusion described above by instead
providing that specified prisoners, including, among others, a person
serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, a person
sentenced to death, AND A PERSON SENTENCED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF JESSICAS LAW described above, are NOT eligible for program credit reductions. The bill would also provide that a person convicted of, or sentenced to state prison pursuant to provisions
relating to, specified serious or violent felonies is NOT eligible to
receive program credit reductions that, in combination with credit
reductions pursuant to any other law, are in excess of the limits
imposed by the Three Strikes Law. The bill would specify that these
changes apply retroactively."""""

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One thing that is making it so difficult for the inmates today is that the amount of good time credits they can earn has been drastically reduced from the amount which I could earn when I was in prison. Another problem is the 85% laws where an inmate serving time on certain crimes must serve 85% of their sentence before they can come up for parole.

In the 85% situation, any good time credits they earn come off the back of the sentence, i e they cannot use the good time until they have completed the 85% of their sentence.

When I was in prison, an inmate with a sex offense could earn 74 days for every 30 days served. That was the 30 actual days they served plus 44 days good time credit each month to equal 74 days. That is 888 days good time credit for each year served as long as the inmate had no misconducts.

The inmate could also gain an EXTRA 90 days per year for taking classes such as GED, votech classes, etc. Tutors received the 90 days extra credits and that helped me.

Using that formula an inmate with a violent offense could multiply the number of years of his sentence by 41% and find out how much time he would actually serve, providing he lost no good time credits due to write-ups or misconducts. I had a 20 year sentence and served eight years. 20 x 41% is about eight years.

Plus, in Oklahoma, if an inmate was serving time for a non-violent crime, he could earn an extra 30 days in addition to the 74 days a month an inmate with a violent crime earned. So a non-violent inmate could earn 104 days a month off his sentence for every 30 days he actually served.

The extra 30 days for the non-violent inmates was called the CAP law and was put into effect whenever the prison population was over 105% of its capacity, which it always was.

Oklahoma abolished CAP in about 1998 and at the same time established the 85% rule which greatly increased the amount of time an inmate had to actually stay in prison and serve his time.

Just a little history that some of you might find interesting.

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Oh wow...so the only thing my husband can get time off is for good behavior?? This sucks...my husband has been looking to go back to school and learn something and really go for the 6 week thing.

Your husband can still accrue good time credits, but those credits cannot exceed 15% of his sentence and I believe they are taken off the back of the sentence. Most of the states with the 85% law only reward an inmate under this law good time credits after he has served 85% of his sentence.

No good time credits will be awarded until 85% of his sentence is finished.

The good time credits are capped at 15%. In other words, if an inmate had a 20 year sentence under the 85% law, he could earn no more than three years good time credits in his entire sentence.

http://tinyurl.com/ojzxwan

There are numerous programs in prison an inmate can enroll in to receive good time credits. I will give you a list of the programs they had in Oklahoma to give you an idea-----------

GED completion awarded 90 days credit

RBT (Rational Behavior Training) awarded 30 days credit.

Vo Tech completion awarded 90 days credit

AA and NA awarded 10 days credit

Tutoring awarded 90 days credit per year'

Life Behavior Training awarded 30 days credit

There are a couple of others, but I cannot remember them right now. I did not enroll in any of the rehabilitative programs since I received 90 days good time each year for being a tutor and 90 days per year was the maximum an inmate could receive.

A tutor job in the education department is probably the best job on the yard. They automatically receive----or they did in Oklahoma when I was in prison---90 days per year. The education building will be air conditioned in the summer and warm in the winter, so that is a plus.

If he can get a tutor job or just working in the education building as a library helper, that would be a good thing for him.

Hope this clears up some confusion.

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