50. "i'd choose less jail over more work release." In response to In response to 48 Thu Aug-11-16 02:51 PM by SoWhat
>to work release > >you wouldn't have a preference
one year jail w/good time credit (at 50%) versus one year work release (str8 time so it's 100%)? i'll take the jail, thanks.
20 yrs probation versus 5 years prison w/5 years parole? i'll take the prison, thanks.
i understand how someone like you doesn't get it. i didn't see these sentences this way until after i had exposure to criminal cases as a lawyer. no shade.
i regularly find myself encouraging clients to accept str8 jail sentences to avoid probation b/c probation is basically set up for ppl to fail. i say the same about work release - ESPECIALLY for a 22 year old kid who likes to drink and party and has lived a lax life w/o much consequence. they're better off w/less time in the system as possible. they're better off paper than on paper. ppl who've been through the system several times and understand all of the pitfalls of probation and work release do better on those programs but the first-timers are generally more likely to screw it up b/c they don't understand how serious the shit is. they're have the wrong attitude and need to be 'broken'. the system will break them. lol