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Could you get a work release in federal prison before your real sentencing date
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Hi,
I am in a healthcare conspiracy case where I have to testify in trials which would take more than 2 years.In the meantime I was wondering if I could just surrender to a federal prison and do sometime in a work release program ( if there is one) so that at least I could work in day time and go back to jail end of the day and by the time the trials are all done in next 2-3 years I would have done some of my time .(hopefully majority of it ) and then re-appeal my sentence based on the extensive cooperation that I would have done by that time,since I am sure I will get some credit even now as I have done a lot even now
Unfortunately, no. Your only option to pretrial release is pretrial detention for which, of course, you will receive credit toward any future term of imprisonment in this case. "Work release" is actually "community confinement," and only can be ordered (1) by the court as a part of your sentence *after* the court makes certain findings of fact and legal determinations at the sentencing hearing; or (2) by the Federal Bureau of Prisons *during or after* the designation process. While community confinement can be a condition of your pretrial release, that time spent on community confinement cannot be credited toward any future term of imprisonment. - Joshua Sabert Lowther, Esq., National Federal Defense Group.
