4 Weekly Month Or Calandar Month

[nailit]

If someone gets a short custodial sentence of (say) three months, that would in effect be 3 X 4 weeks. So if someone gets a custodial of 12 months would that be 12 X 4 weeks (48 weeks in total) or would it be a full 12 calendar months? Or is there a difference between being given a 12 month sentence (48 weeks) and a 1 year sentence (which would presumably be a full 52 weeks)?
Thanks.

[nailit]

And yes I know about been released at the halfway mark etc but that's not relevant to this question as you are still on license etc.

[Buenchico]

See Section 5.5 (commencing on page 33) here:
https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/offenders/psipso/psi-2015/psi-03-2015-sentence-calculation-determiante-sentenced-prisoners.pdf

[nailit]

Cheers Chris. So Im wrong then about short sentences been calculated by weekly months (3 X 4 weeks)?
//Any sentence of imprisonment expressed in months will mean calendar month//
Could have sworn that all my previous short stays in clink were calculated by weeks rather than calendar months. It WAS a long time ago though. But thanks for the link, much appreciated.

[tonyav]

I've also wondered that to, nailit ( weather stretch was measured in four week or calendar months ).

[nailit]

Just something that I noticed in the court files of my local rag Tony. Some people seem to get sentenced to 12 months and some to a year. Made me think that there was a difference and I could have sworn that my previous holidays were calculated in weeks rather than calender months. Obviously my memory miss-serves me...

[nailit]

If you get back to this thread Chris (or anyone else) is it also true that if your release date falls on the weekend...Saturday or Sunday...that you are automatically released on the Friday?

[tonyav]

Some people seem to get sentenced to 12 months and some to a year.

Yeah, I've noticed that to nailit.

[Buenchico]

Quote:
"In the case of offenders whose release dates fall on weekends or Bank Holidays, release dates must be brought forward to the immediately preceding weekday which is not a Bank Holiday"
(from Section 15.2.3 of my link above).

So someone whose release date falls on Easter Monday actually gets out of prison on Maundy Thursday.

[nailit]

//So someone whose release date falls on Easter Monday actually gets out of prison on Maundy Thursday. //

Dam, I ALWAYS got sentenced at the wrong time. ;-)
Thanks Chris, much appreciated.

[Tuvok]

Simple answer - don't do the crime!

[Old_Geezer]

That won't get anyone sentenced at the right time !

[Mamyalynne]

Request at the head of Law topic.

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[New Judge]

When imposing short sentences Magistrates will usually announce their sentence in days thus avoiding any arguments over variations in the length of months. Since they are limited to six months (though can when sentencing two or more "either way" offences, go up to a year) this usually works quite well.