In the past, if one of our clients was sentenced to the Illinios Department of Corrections (IDOC), they would have to wait 61 days to get any good time credit applied to their sentence. No more! As of August 30th, 2009, good time credit will now come through in about two weeks. As a result of this change in policy, our clients sentenced to one year IDOC will come home in about two weeks. This information was verified with the IDOC legal staff before being posted but you may wish to confirm this with IDOC before you advise clients.
Important Update 12/15/09:
Please be advised that the office has been informed by the Illinois Department of Corrections that it will now hold people for 61 days on a 1 year sentence. Recently they had been holding people for 15 days on a 1 year sentence. A 61 day sentence means that these clients will probably be transferred from the Stateville intake center to another institution before they are released. When they were being held for 15 days, they were being held the entire time at Stateville and then released. All previous rules regarding time served in the Cook County Jail prior to the penitentiary sentence are still in effect.
Mark Solock
September 15th, 2009
Thanks to APD Brother Sean Levinson for bringing this important information to the Local’s attention and President Galhotra for confirming the info with counsel from the IDOC.
Bruce
September 16th, 2009
The revolving door is moving pretty fast for all those people in it!
September 17th, 2009
Is that in writing anywhere?
September 17th, 2009
Marcus S:
I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything about the 61 days in writing. I might be wrong, but I think it was just IDOC’s practice not to grant good time for 61 days. Now the practice will take two weeks, per IDOC legal counsel.
Bruce
September 21st, 2009
Is Illinois having issues with prison overcrowding? Perhaps California could take notes on how to get it done.
September 27th, 2009
Bruce:
I, too, have never seen anything about 61 days in writing. I wish IDOC would put on a CLE so we could understand how they operate. Sadly, my clients can usually tell me how much real time they will do as I can only offer a guess.
Marcus
September 28th, 2009
Marcus S:
Its seems to me its not a guess if its based on what IDOC legal counsel is telling us. We give lots of advice to clients based on what we believe are the facts.
Bruce
December 13th, 2009
ABC news reports on 12/13/2009 that the governor has suspended this practice.