My son was sentenced to seven years on October 27, 2002. Hmm.. Let me see if I can remember the exact words the judge used, "I am sentencing you to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division for a period of seven years. Is there any legal reason why you can not begin serving your sentence today?" ... no... "You will be given credit for time served, Good Luck to you" ... He was sentenced for violating probation twice or I think I heard it referred to as his second "MTR"? .. for the charge of felony 'Robbery'. Ok, so one question is, approximately how long will he stay at the County Jail before he is taken through the 'intake process'. And what does seven years mean in real time? And the last question is, he put in for a request to the county jail guards to find out what his sentence is and how much does he have for 'time served'. The paper he was given by the guards is seven years and 'NO' time served... But I know better because he has already been in jail for about six weeks so would I be assuming correctly that it will be up to the TDCJ folks to determine his 'time served' or 'good time'? .. and not the county jail guards.. Also some of the inmates at the county jail tell him that all the time he has served concerning this case will be considered 'time served' is that true and does extradition time count?

So many questions.... but I would love to know what a reasonable time frame we are looking at.

JERRYSMOM, YOU PROBABLY NEED TO POST THESE QUESTIONS IN THE LEGAL QUESTIONS FORUM. KEN SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP YOU. SHERRON

Thank you very much, Sherron. I just did as you suggested. Not knowing is always the toughest.

Jan ..

I've read everything I can get my hands on, and the statistics seem to reflect that average time served, based on the latest numbers, is about 50.67%. Of course the numbers are higher for violent offenders vs. non-violent. I DO KNOW, TDCJ was turned down on their request for funding additional construction of facilities. This would seem to indicate overcrowding in some facilities is inevitable, and it's not unreasonable to assume non-violent offenders will have to be reviewed more closely pretty soon for possible early release. NOT TO GET ANYONE"S HOPES UP, but it's something to think about.

actually that happened in california not too long ago. The LA sherrif's department let people with under $1200 in restitution go from jail to ease overcrowding in their jails, but the CDC hasn't done the same as far as I know.

You just never know here it Texas! If the judge said he was going to get the time he has spent in county as credit, then that is how it will be. He will just get credit for each day....if a person was a trustee and earning 3 for 1...they only get day for day credited. Does that make sense? At least that is how I understand it to be...that is the only way I've seen it done. As for how long he will stay on the 7 year sentence...well, I wish there was a formula we could stick the numbers in to get a definite answer, but there isn't. It is strictly up to the discretion of the parole board. Just pray that the lead voter is having a good day on the review date. Good Luck!

You are right montys about the day for day credit....wouldnt it be nice to be able to REALLY figure out when they will be home....I looked into how long it is supposed to take them to transfer them to TDC...it said that once an inmate is "paper ready" (all sentencing paperwork completed) then the county has 45 days to deliver the inamte to TDC......now this is not always the case because Stephen waited 3 motnhs before being sent up..and there is a guy right now who has been there since July waiting to go up...I think it all depends on the county....wish I had more info for you.....