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Good Behavior

Interview with Jennifer, Robert, Kathleen, Holly, Damon and Wade

JM: Did you get off early based on good behavior?
Jennifer: I didnt get off early for good behavoir. I was in there the whole time. I'm currently on home detention for a year and will remain on home detention for the whole year.
Robert: i didnt get out early for good behavior because i appealed and judges decsion on putting me there in the first place.
Kathleen: Yes I originally had a 90 day sentence but it got reduced to 57 for good behavior and working days.
Holly: yes I got off early based on good behavior and double bunking.
Damon: no , I got off because I took a plea deal
Wade: I was released upon arrest after only a few hours due to being a drunken non-combative 19 year old. On my VOP incarceration I was initially given no Bail but as it was realized that the charges against me were incorrect I was released late in the day.

JM: What is the most time off you can receive for good behavior?
Jennifer: out of 1 year in jail you could do up to 7-8 months and you dont have to do the rest of it.
Robert: you get 5 days off every month for good behavior the more programs you get in rolled in the more time you get off of.
Kathleen: 5-10 days a month for good behavior
Holly: I think it was 3 days off of a month.
Damon: im not sure the exact years.
Wade: None, due to a probation before judgement charge for me. In general though, approximately half the given sentence must be served in MD before an inmate is released.

JM: What types of actions do you need to avoid in order to get time off? Did you ever witness somebody losing time off for good behavior?
Jennifer: To get time off you can go to class, do the drug program, and meetings. somebody that would lose there good time would have to get into a fight, get put on lock-up or starting alot of problems for other inmates and the grauds
Robert: you need to aviod getting other charges, drugs fighting and not following orders in order to get time off of your sentence if you do that you should be fine.`
Kathleen: You had to avoid trouble whatever could get you put on lock up and if you were found guilty got your good days taken away from you. If you had a job and you lost it your days were taken away. I've witnessed people loose days because of fights .
Holly: You need to avoid fighting getting into it with guards.not following the rules no I didn't witness anyone losing there time off for good behavior.
Damon: in order to get good behavior , you have to show that your time in jail is rehabilitating you and that you will be able to be re-enter society.
Wade: This comment, as well as many below will not come from personal experience as I only served a day, but from the many interviews I have done with the felons and or gang members I have interviewed as a reporter for a baltimore crime website. Initially, good behavior is the most important requirement for receiving good reviews by the parole bored. Another method used by a certain percentage of convicts is to become an informant. Becoming an informant can reduce jail/prison time greatly, but can also result in violent backlash against not only the "snitch" but against his family and friends. I have no recount of people getting good release during my incarceration.

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