Criminal Law Blog
January 13, 2005
Why do some inmates get 2 to 1 credit, and others get only 1 to 1 credit?
In other words, why do some inmates get credit for only one day actually served and other inmates get two days of credit for one day served.
Here’s the answer. Generally, it’s a good idea to give inmates credit for two days for every one-day served, so long as the inmates behaves himself. The reason for this simple: it is easier to control an inmate population that is motivated by self-interest to behave. So that is why some inmates who are serving time as their punishment receive two days of credit for every one day actually served.
Now, some inmates are actually on probation and one of the conditions of their probation is that they serve some jail time. They only get one day of credit for one day served. They are also motivated by self-interest to behave themselves. Why? Because if they don’t behave themselves while inside the jail serving jail time as a condition of probation, then the probation can simply be revoked and they can be sent some to prison.
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