Reducción de penas por buen comportamiento

Explicación Simple

Si alguien está en la cárcel y se porta bien, puede salir antes. Esto se llama ganar créditos de liberación anticipada. Pero si cometió un delito muy grave, solo puede reducir su pena un poco.

Es como cuando haces tareas en casa y tus padres te premian con tiempo extra para jugar. Si haces las tareas bien, te dejan jugar más tiempo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan fue condenado a un año de cárcel por un delito menor. Si se comporta bien y participa en programas de rehabilitación, puede ganar créditos que le permitan salir antes, tal vez después de 8 meses en lugar de un año.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

RCW 9.92.151 - Early release for good behavior (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the sentence of a prisoner confined in a county jail facility for a felony, gross misdemeanor, or misdemeanor conviction may be reduced by earned release credits in accordance with procedures that shall be developed and promulgated by the correctional agency having jurisdiction. The earned early release time shall be for good behavior and good performance as determined by the correctional agency having jurisdiction. Any program established pursuant to this section shall allow an offender to earn early release credits for presentence incarceration. The correctional agency shall not credit the offender with earned early release credits in advance of the offender actually earning the credits. In the case of an offender convicted of a serious violent offense or a sex offense that is a class A felony committed on or after July 1, 1990, the aggregate earned early release time may not exceed fifteen percent of the sentence. In no other case may the aggregate earned early release time exceed one-third of the total sentence.(2) An offender serving a term of confinement imposed under *RCW 9.94A.670(4)(a) is not eligible for earned release credits under this section. RCW 9.92.200 - Chapter not to affect dispositions under juvenile justice act No provision of this chapter shall authorize a court to suspend or defer the imposition or the execution of a disposition under chapter 13.40 RCW, as now law or hereafter amended.