Sentence examples for release for good from inspiring English sources

Many states have unintentionally contributed to these problems by abolishing early release for good behavior, removing the incentive for inmates to improve their conduct, the experts say.

In Pakistan, a life sentence is defined as 25 years, though there is the chance of an early release for good behavior.

Smith says he earned his high school diploma while in another prison and was on his way to early release for good behavior when he threw a punch at an aggressive fellow inmate while on a work detail.

Mr. Weberman was sentenced last month by a judge to 103 years in prison, but the state cut his penalty to 50 years, making him eligible for release for good behavior when he is 97, in 2055.

The congressman, Representative James Maloney, who represents Mr. Tobin's home town of Ridgefield, said that his office had received an e-mail message from the United States Embassy in Moscow late Friday saying that the warden would recommend Mr. Tobin's early release for good behavior.

California Led the Way Although law enforcement experts say that the large number of inmates being returned to prisons is a nationwide phenomenon, nowhere is it more striking than in California, the state with the largest prison population and the first state to abolish flexible sentences, which historically led to early release for good behavior.

Instead, she went back to jail, serving four months before she was released for good behavior.

State television said the prisoners would be released for good behavior and on humanitarian grounds.

But Dutch rules mandate that prisoners be released for good behaviour after two thirds of their terms.

As the film continues, its perspective shifts from Erling to Olav (Trond Nilssen), an obedient dormitory leader, model inmate and six-year resident of Bastoy who is about to be released for good behavior.

Dutroux and Martin – whose case invoked comparisons with Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley – were jailed in 1986 on charges of abduction and rape of five girls, but released for  good behaviour just  a few years into  their sentences.