| in US - and specially for federal crimes - its very routine for the courts to give some time for the person to report to prison. This allows the person sentenced to get their affairs in order. I know somebody who is sentenced for 10 years. The court gave him 2 months which actually is not enough for all the items he need to wrap up. To give an idea, this person needs to: - sell his house (who will pay the mortgage now that he is in prison)
- sell his car
- donate / get rid of his clothes and most of his belongings (or leave them in care of family / storage)
- cancel all the subscriptions and utilities
- take care of any medical needs
- inform all the people who might reach out to him so they can communicate with him
- more… On the correction system side, they also need time to figure out where to send this person and create the space there:
- If the person sentenced has any medical needs they will ask for a “medical” facility (connected to a hospital) and usually nicer.
- the person sentenced might request a correction facility that is closer to his loved ones (the guy I know requested and going to a facility in Texas even though he lives in Florida as his closest relative is his sister who lives near that facility)
- other factors include doing tests / analysis to figure out should the person go to level 1 security (minimum) or something higher; is the person considered a risk to other inmates? are other inmates considered a risk to this person (common for cops, sexual offenders etc) Of course, if the person is considered a flight risk or violence risk - they will just send him/her to the nearest county jail and then figure out the rest. Overall, a lot of logistics and consideration is given to an inmate - specially in a federal system. |