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It's curious how politicians, all around the world, almost never fulfill their sentences. At least that's how it looks.

dogma1138 10y ago
Most prisoners in Israel and in many other countries don't serve the full length of their sentences. You end up serving 1/3rd to 1/2 of your sentence by default, "Good Behaviour" usually means that you haven't started any riots or shanked a guard.
- toyg 10y ago
  That's often because prisons everywhere are full to the brink. The increase in criminalization of all sorts of common behaviours (from drugs to copyright infringement) naturally leads to overcrowding, which in turns leads to continuous amnesties and sentence discounts.
  - dogma1138 10y ago
    Not really, many countries have a early release after 1/4-1/2 of the time have been served depending on the severity of the crime. You also get vacation days from prison, free education and many other "benefits", including being able to own small appliances (TV, radio, microwave.. no not kidding) even in high security prisons. You don't have to go as far as Norway to find prisons which are not like US ones.
    - toyg 10y ago
      I know for a fact both UK and Italian prisons are overcrowded, with legislation introduced explicitly to address this by shortening sentences. I expect most EU systems are similarly positioned.
- ghostDancer 10y ago
  I know that in most western countries happens, in Spain it's similar , but it's difficult to find a politician who has served all of it and most of them don't give back what they have taken and usually end again in working in the public "service". What i think it's bad, they should be banned for life of all public work.
tzs 10y ago
In the United States it's not all that curious, because most prisoners do not serve their full sentence. The expected time served for a new prisoner is something like 87% of their sentence. If a Federal prisoner serving a sentence that is more than one year and not a life sentence "has displayed exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary regulations" for a year gets credit for 54 days on his sentence. (18 U.S. Code § 3624). If you are in a maximum security prison, it might be hard to avoid getting into trouble because there is heavy gang activity at maximum security prisons and you may have to align with a gang to survive. I'd expect most politicians in prison, though, to be in low security prisons, and there is very little gang presence in low security prisons. Thus, I'd expect politicians (and other white collar prisoners in general) to usually be model prisoners. I'd expect that it is somewhat similar in most justice systems that have a time off for good behavior reward.

Most prisoners in Israel and in many other countries don't serve the full length of their sentences. You end up serving 1/3rd to 1/2 of your sentence by default, "Good Behaviour" usually means that you haven't started any riots or shanked a guard.

toyg 10y ago
That's often because prisons everywhere are full to the brink. The increase in criminalization of all sorts of common behaviours (from drugs to copyright infringement) naturally leads to overcrowding, which in turns leads to continuous amnesties and sentence discounts.
- dogma1138 10y ago
  Not really, many countries have a early release after 1/4-1/2 of the time have been served depending on the severity of the crime. You also get vacation days from prison, free education and many other "benefits", including being able to own small appliances (TV, radio, microwave.. no not kidding) even in high security prisons. You don't have to go as far as Norway to find prisons which are not like US ones.
  - toyg 10y ago
    I know for a fact both UK and Italian prisons are overcrowded, with legislation introduced explicitly to address this by shortening sentences. I expect most EU systems are similarly positioned.
ghostDancer 10y ago
I know that in most western countries happens, in Spain it's similar , but it's difficult to find a politician who has served all of it and most of them don't give back what they have taken and usually end again in working in the public "service". What i think it's bad, they should be banned for life of all public work.

tzs 10y ago

In the United States it's not all that curious, because most prisoners do not serve their full sentence. The expected time served for a new prisoner is something like 87% of their sentence. If a Federal prisoner serving a sentence that is more than one year and not a life sentence "has displayed exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary regulations" for a year gets credit for 54 days on his sentence. (18 U.S. Code § 3624). If you are in a maximum security prison, it might be hard to avoid getting into trouble because there is heavy gang activity at maximum security prisons and you may have to align with a gang to survive. I'd expect most politicians in prison, though, to be in low security prisons, and there is very little gang presence in low security prisons. Thus, I'd expect politicians (and other white collar prisoners in general) to usually be model prisoners. I'd expect that it is somewhat similar in most justice systems that have a time off for good behavior reward.