Introduction
Time credit means the letter of credits that provides the acceptance of a time draft. The time credit is earned for good behavior as described in the law as "exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary regulations." A good time credit can reduce a prisoner’s actual time spent in prison. And this time off is also called "good conduct time." We can found the law governing good time at 18 U.S.C. § 3624(b).
History
That means a prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment of more than 1 year, which is other than a term of imprisonment about the duration of the prisoner's life, can receive credit toward the service of the prisoner's sentence and beyond the time served for 54 day or up to 54 days at the end of the each year of the prisoner's term of imprisonment, can begin at the end of the first year of the term and the subject is to determined by the bureau of prisons that should be during that year while the prisoner has displayed exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary regulations.
According to its history, it just based on the way the BOP calculates good time prisoners only earn 47 days of good time for each year of the sentence imposed and for so-called “PLRA inmates” (prisoners convicted not before April 26, 1996, the effective date of prison litigation reform act or PLRA, 42 U.S.C. § 1997(e). It depends on how much good time they may receive and also depends on whether they have earned or are pursuing a GED or high school diploma.
It mainly depends on two things.
1. The fast one is if the prisoner has earned or has made the satisfactory progress toward earning a GED or high school diploma and he can get not more than 54 days good time credit on each year served. *And surely this 54 days is still subject to the BOP’s creative math explanation, so in reality it is still only fixed 47 days per year of the sentence imposed.*
2. The second one is if the prisoner has not earned or has not made progress that satisfied toward earning a GED or a high school diploma that he can get a maximum of just about 42 days good time credit on each year served. *This 42 days are still subject to the BOP’s creative math explanation, so the reality is may be fewer than 42 days per year may be credited.*
Tips
If we talk about the tips for an early time credit then it can be said that the federal prisoners serving a “term of imprisonment” is more than one year (which must have to be at least 12 months and one day and it can be more with the conditions) and that means less life time in prison are eligible to earn good time. Again only federal prisoners are eligible for good time under 18 U.S.C. § 3624(b). The prisoners who are eligible for the terms are eligible for an early time credit.
