How is gain time calculated in florida

For offenses ranked in offense severity levels 1 through 7, under former s. For offenses ranked in offense severity levels 8, 9, and 10, under former s. For sentences imposed for offenses committed on or after October 1, , the department may grant up to 10 days per month of incentive gain-time. Under no circumstances may an inmate receive more than 60 days for educational attainment pursuant to this section. For purposes of this paragraph, credits awarded by the court for time physically incarcerated shall be credited toward satisfaction of 85 percent of the sentence imposed.

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Our Blogs. Gain Time on a Minimum Mandatory Sentence? So, we now know that all 3 year minimum mandatory sentences are not created equally. Search for:. Contact Us Now. Important Links. You take the gain-time earned minus 10 years, you get 8. That is how it is calculated. So if the inmate has 2 months only of gain time due to bad behavior, then he only gets out 2 months prior to the 10 years. So 9 years and 10 months would have been served.

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