Jesse Jackson Jr Jail Time
The Chicago Tribune is reporting former Rep. Jesse jackson Jr jail time will be coming to an end sooner rather than later. He will be obtaining his get of jail car early now September 20, 2015 as opposed to December, 2015. Also, allegedly, Jesse Jackson Jr has paid the balance of the $750,000 he owed the govt.
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Jackson, 49, a Democrat from Chicago’s South Side, is in a federal prison camp in Montgomery, Ala. He transferred there on April 4 from a federal prison in Butner, N.C., where he began his sentence last October.
Prisons spokesman Burke said that, generally speaking, officials have the authority to reduce a prison sentence by up to one year for an inmate who successfully completes an in-patient drug or alcohol rehabilitation program.
Burke, however, said he could not discuss whether a specific inmate, such as Jackson, had completed a rehab program.
Under federal law, the Bureau of Prisons is to expected provide residential substance-abuse treatment to inmates and make arrangements for the available aftercare, subject to the availability of funds.
The law provides an incentive for inmates who, in the judgment of the Bureau of Prisons’ director, has successfully completed such a program.
The law says a prisoner convicted of a non-violent offense may have his or her sentence reduced, but for not more than a year, if the director makes that determination.
Another section of federal law says: “In designating the place of imprisonment or making (prison) transfers, there shall be no favoritism given to prisoners of high social or economic status.”
Jackson’s original projected release date at the end of 2015 had taken into account the “good conduct” reduction in his sentence.
Federal prisoners who behave while behind bars can see their terms reduced by up to 54 days a year, the Bureau of Prisons says. That’s just short of eight weeks a year.
The reduction is forfeited if an inmate commits a serious infraction, prison officials say.
According to today’s court filing, Jackson has satisfied the $550,000 balance of the judgment he owed the U.S. government after being slapped with a $750,000 money judgment forfeiture, a sum roughly equal to the money he took from his campaign treasury.
He spent the money on purchases including a Rolex watch, restaurant meals and bar tabs, vacations and two mounted elk heads.
He paid $200,000 before entering prison, and a recent court filing said he was refinancing a home to come up with the balance.
