Second Chance Act

We at A Better Tomorrow are passionate about helping inmates and their families prepare for and achieve successful reentry. If you’re like most families, you are eager for your loved one to transition into community custody, whether through a halfway house (RRC) or home confinement. Like many others, you may also be frustrated that they should have already transitioned by now but still have not. Well, you are not alone.

In our first two blog posts, we explained the different types of time credits and how to calculate your reduced sentence using them. As we saw, these credits can produce meaningful reductions in incarceration time. In many cases, an inmate might serve 45–60% of their sentence in prison, 20–30% in prerelease custody, and receive a 15–25% total reduction in sentence length.