If someone is sentenced in wa to 30 days jail for probation violation, do they get good time? What is this "good time"

Some else might know if good time applies to a pv,if I had to guess I would say it's a straight 30 days. Good time is a reduction for good behavior,like every 3 days you have a day subtracted from your time. The time off the sentence is different in each state.

For a sentence that short (30 days) I don't forsee any good time. Good time is for doing a job in the jail such as moping floors or working in the jail laundry. You don't just automatically get good time because you're "good" and not get into say fights, etc.

Usually if you work at a job in the jail such as laundry or kitchen duty you would have ONE day subtracted from your sentence for every 3 days you worked in the kitchen or laundry.

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Originally Posted by kendrajean

if someone is sentenced in wa to 30 days jail for probation violation, do they get good time? what is this "good time"

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Hello k:

Yes. He'll do 20 days on a 30 day sentence.

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