Prison behaviour.

[modeller]

Prison sentences are reduced to half or less for good behaviour. In view of the very short sentences already given out for even violent crimes should it be the other way around. Longer sentences for bad behaviour rather than shorter for good. ?

[sara3]

if a prison re-offends whilst in prison they will be charged and sentenced for the new offence.

[New Judge]

There is no requirement for prisoners to exhibit good behaviour to qualify for release after 50% of their sentence has been served. All those serving defined sentences are released automatically at the half way point (and in fact many are released before that under current procedures).

Some years ago prisoners were rewarded with release after two thirds of their sentence had been served if they had been of good behaviour. They could lose some or all of this remission if they misbehaved, this loss of remission being in the gift of the prison governor. Perversely this was adjudged to be illegal as “loss of remission” was interpreted as “additional imprisonment” and only a court could order that.

Quite how we got to the current situation is unclear.

[New Judge]

Yes of course. I assume you mean charged, CONVICTED, and sentenced, sara.

What I said assumes that any misbehaviour is not so bad as to lead to a further criminal conviction.

[FREDFOX]

Have a read of this

http://www.timesonlin...me/article6945363.ece

From 7 years to over 34 years