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- If your sentence is for 90 days or less, you may be able to serve your sentence on weekends. This is called an intermittent sentence. With an intermittent sentence, you must turn yourself in to the jail every Friday at the time indicated on your intermittent sentence order. This is usually 6:00 pm.
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6 days ago · An offender sentenced to two years or more usually serves the sentence in a federal penitentiary. Intermittent Sentence. Where the Court imposes a sentence of 90 days or less, the Court may order that the sentence be served intermittently, or in blocks of time, such as on weekends.
Intermittent sentences have a term of imprisonment of 90 days or less and are served only on certain days of the week. Individuals must follow conditions given in a probation order when they are not in custody.
Sentences under two years are served in a provincial or territorial jail while those of 2 years or greater are served in the federal penitentiary. This is determined by s. 743.1 which states: Imprisonment for life or more than two years
A judge may order that an offender serve a jail sentence of 90 days or less intermittently. The judge will set the times that he is to serve the sentence as well as the conditions that are imposed while he is on release during the serving of the conditional sentence.
If your sentence is longer than 2 years, you go to a federal jail called a penitentiary. When you serve a sentence in a federal jail, you may become eligible for parole after serving one third of your sentence.
Most inmates in the penitentiary system are eligible for UTAs at one-sixth of the sentence or six months into the sentence, whichever is later. However, offenders serving life sentences and those designated as Dangerous Offenders (DO) who are serving an indeterminate sentence are not eligible for UTAs until three years before their full parole ...
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(3) Where a court imposes a sentence of imprisonment on a person who is subject to an intermittent sentence in respect of another offence, the unexpired portion of the intermittent sentence shall be served on consecutive days unless the court otherwise orders.
