365 Days > 366 Days: The (in)Ability to Earn Good Time Credit During the Time of COVID-19

Federal offenders sentenced to imprisonment for more than a year may earn “good time credit”. Offenders sentenced to 365 days are ineligible for this potential sentence reduction of up to 54 days a year. Using 2020 through 2022 data from the United States Sentencing Commission, we identified 3,765 f...

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Authors: Craun, Sarah W. (Author) ; Silver, James (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: The prison journal
Year: 2023, Volume: 103, Issue: 6, Pages: 749-768
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
federal sentences
Imprisonment
credit for service
good time credit
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Summary:Federal offenders sentenced to imprisonment for more than a year may earn “good time credit”. Offenders sentenced to 365 days are ineligible for this potential sentence reduction of up to 54 days a year. Using 2020 through 2022 data from the United States Sentencing Commission, we identified 3,765 federal offenders sentenced to either 365- or 366-days’ imprisonment. Independent variables included offender, legal, and case characteristics. Integrating the COVID-19 pandemic, we reviewed the percentage of compassionate release motions granted at the district level. A hierarchical logistic regression with random effects illustrated several measures connected to the ability to earn goodtime credit.
ISSN:1552-7522
DOI:10.1177/00328855231208010