Can a defendant who has served determinate prison sentences receive good behavior/participation credits to shorten their sentence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from In re Young, 12 Cal.Rptr.3d 48, 32 Cal.4th 900, 87 P.3d 797 (Cal. 2004):
Defendants who are serving their determinate prison sentences may earn prison conduct credits to "shorten the period of incarceration." (People v. Cooper (2002) 27 Cal.4th 38, 40, 115 Cal.Rptr.2d 219, 37 P.3d 403; 2931 [good behavior/participation credit available to persons who committed crimes before 1983], 2933 [worktime credits].)
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