RT Article
T1 365 Days > 366 Days: The (in)Ability to Earn Good Time Credit During the Time of COVID-19
JF The prison journal
VO 103
IS 6
SP 749
OP 768
A1 Craun, Sarah W.
A2 Silver, James
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1870704541
AB 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.
K1 federal sentences
K1 Imprisonment
K1 credit for service
K1 good time credit
DO 10.1177/00328855231208010