The days and weeks leading up to a release date are filled with practical questions that the facility is often not equipped to answer clearly. What time will they be released? What do they leave with? What happens if the release date changes? What is the difference between a projected release date and an actual release date? This section covers everything families need to know about the release process including how release dates are calculated, what good time and earned time credits do to the projected date, what an inmate receives upon release, how transportation from the facility works, what the first 24 hours after release typically look like, and how to prepare as a family for the moment the door opens. The guidance here comes from people who have walked out those doors and from families who were waiting on the other side. See also our sections on Halfway House, Parole and Probation, and Re-entry and Rehabilitation.
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Depending on his Judgment and Commitment Order, he might get a parole hearing at the four year mark. The year in county counts towards this sentence
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Call the facility and ask to speak to a counselor. Or, ask YOUR inmate, they definitely know their out date
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He has a maximum sentence date of Oct 2018, with a projected release date of Jan 2018. If he stays calm and does not have any incident reports, he will get out in January. Tell him to chill and just do the remaining time, "don't let the time do him"
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In federal, he will do 85% of the 60 months or 51 months. If he is qualified, they might offer him RDAP. This is a nine-month residential drug and alcohol program that reduces the sentence by 12 months (with an automatic six months of halfway house).
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Most facilities do not offer the release dates online. If the inmate is unaware of their own release date, then you might call the counselor there and politely ask. They might help you with that information.
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In short, it means there is a warrant from someone else for a totally different charge. A "detention hold" is legally binding direction to the current detention facility ONLY release you into their custody after you have served your time for the current sentence.
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Most facilities and systems do not release on Sunday. We'd recommend calling their staff secretary to find out whether Sunday release is something they do.
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The sentence range sounds like a state charge (not federal). If that is correct, then he will have some early release options that could have him out as soon as 18 months on parole/probation if he keeps his record clean while in there. If he gets incident reports and has issues with authority, he could do the whole three years.
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Weekend release dates on that fall on Sunday might get an inmate out a day sooner if the facility does not do weekend releases
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call the facility or ask your husband... if he doesn't know his own out date, no one does
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In most cases the release date stays intact. Being sent back from a therapeutic community to a standard facility for not completing a class is a program failure, but it does not automatically alter the underlying sentence calculation.
The release date is set by the sentence itself, the good time calculation, and any applicable credits. A program requirement that was not completed can affect eligibility for certain early release benefits, but the base release date tied to the sentence typically holds.
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FL DOC offers transportation either with a bus ticket or some arrangement to get them to their freedom destination
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He definitely knows - the ONE thing for sure is that an inmate knows the exact date they re to be released, there is nothing more important to an inmate than the day they are leaving. If the release date is "unknown", that means there are other forces in the way like potential new/old charges pending which keeps their release in question.
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It depends on his charges - the length of the sentence seems pretty short and we doubt it will give him any relief because of it. Prop 57 changes the State Constitution sentencing and court procedures for two kinds of situations. Adults convicted of non-violent felonies would be eligible for parole after serving time for their main crimes. Inmates may also have more opportunities to reduce their sentences through credits for good behavior and approved educational activities.
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Most of the times, a "hold" from another jurisdiction is known ahead of time and the inmate's coun selor will go over the new charges and why they are getting referred to the new venue. There are however instances where the hold comes up at the last second but that is rare.
