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<blockquote data-quote="Smithmom" data-source="post: 743400" data-attributes="member: 23371"><p>Just for tired out and others.. this is my experience... sadly our system is focused on punishment not rehab. My son, and millions of others I'm sure, fit the profile of non- violent addicts. My son was selling one time personal use aka street sales to other adult addicts to support his habit. That is, he was no "drug kingpin", mastermind, transporting actoss state lines or anything like that. (I know this to be true because I saw paperwork which said they had GPS on my son's car for a year obviously looking to prove such). Nor does my son belong to any gang and he has the skin to prove that. But our system has points. Each conviction has a point value. Points add up. Sentence is based on number of points. Judges have virtually no leeway in sentencing time. Only negotiation is in what the charge is. So being respectful, remorseful, full prisons, all irrelevant. Prison sentences are not commuted or reduced later. Parole is no more. There have been situations in the past when the govt decided to reduce the number of prisoners but I don't know if they can even do that now. Mind you, I can't speak to every state. But this is the new way that I believe most states are following. Certainly what fed is doing. </p><p></p><p>Having said all that, my understanding is that there are pre-release programs which start 6 to 12 mo before the final release date. These transfer the inmate closer to home and may include release time for work hours if they can find a job. These may be in the "community" in the form of smaller facilities so called halfway houses. Note that no neighborhood wants this so ones I've seen are on state property, not near a school, etc. </p><p></p><p>There is also usually an attempt to keep the inmate in a facility closest to family. I assume that would be especially true if there were a child involved.</p><p></p><p>Having said all that, toomanytears mentions a 5 to 10 year sentence which is much more leeway than was ever discussed in any of my son's cases. So my experience may not be relevant to this situation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Smithmom, post: 743400, member: 23371"] Just for tired out and others.. this is my experience... sadly our system is focused on punishment not rehab. My son, and millions of others I'm sure, fit the profile of non- violent addicts. My son was selling one time personal use aka street sales to other adult addicts to support his habit. That is, he was no "drug kingpin", mastermind, transporting actoss state lines or anything like that. (I know this to be true because I saw paperwork which said they had GPS on my son's car for a year obviously looking to prove such). Nor does my son belong to any gang and he has the skin to prove that. But our system has points. Each conviction has a point value. Points add up. Sentence is based on number of points. Judges have virtually no leeway in sentencing time. Only negotiation is in what the charge is. So being respectful, remorseful, full prisons, all irrelevant. Prison sentences are not commuted or reduced later. Parole is no more. There have been situations in the past when the govt decided to reduce the number of prisoners but I don't know if they can even do that now. Mind you, I can't speak to every state. But this is the new way that I believe most states are following. Certainly what fed is doing. Having said all that, my understanding is that there are pre-release programs which start 6 to 12 mo before the final release date. These transfer the inmate closer to home and may include release time for work hours if they can find a job. These may be in the "community" in the form of smaller facilities so called halfway houses. Note that no neighborhood wants this so ones I've seen are on state property, not near a school, etc. There is also usually an attempt to keep the inmate in a facility closest to family. I assume that would be especially true if there were a child involved. Having said all that, toomanytears mentions a 5 to 10 year sentence which is much more leeway than was ever discussed in any of my son's cases. So my experience may not be relevant to this situation. [/QUOTE]
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