Enter a self-surrender date and sentence length to project three key dates: your halfway house transfer date, your home confinement eligibility date, and your final FSA release date. For planning purposes only. Confirm all dates with a case manager or attorney.
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Case Inputs
FIELD 01
Required to project calendar dates below.
FIELD 02
Enter a sentence length to calculate
FIELD 02B
Time already in custody before self-surrender that counts toward the sentence. Most cases get at least 1 day.
Clear conduct record
No disciplinary infractions during confinement
FSA-eligible offense
Not on the 18 U.S.C. §3632(d)(4)(D) exclusion list
RDAP eligible / completing
18 U.S.C. §3621(e): documented substance abuse history, no disqualifying priors, medium security or lower
FIELD 03
15 days/30 requires two consecutive Minimum/Low assessments. This estimator assumes risk level has been stable since intake.
FIELD 04
RRC placement your team is recommending/requesting. Actual placement is a BOP determination, not guaranteed.
Projected Dates
Good Time Release Date
Pending
GCT only, no FSA credit
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FSA Release Date
Pending
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Home Confinement Eligible
Pending
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Guaranteed (earned FSA only, no SCA)Pending
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Halfway House Date
Pending
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FSA alone (no SCA) skips straight to Home Confinement, abovePending
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Federal Case Consulting | FSA & RDAP Release Estimate
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Sentence Composition
Secure facility
Halfway house (RRC)
Home confinement
Earned off sentence (GCT + FSA + RDAP)
Statutory Credit Breakdown
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About this estimate
- Enter a sentence length to see projected dates.
What do these terms mean?
- GCT: Good Conduct Time
- Up to 54 days per year of your imposed sentence, for maintaining a clean disciplinary record. Fixed at intake based on sentence length; not affected by programming.
- FSA: First Step Act Time Credits
- 10 or 15 days of credit for every 30 days of approved programming, for eligible, low/minimum-risk inmates. Up to 365 days can shorten your custody term directly; any credit earned beyond that goes toward pre-release placement.
- PATTERN
- BOP's recidivism risk assessment tool. Your score (Minimum/Low/Medium/High) determines whether you earn FSA credit at all, and at what rate.
- SCA: Second Chance Act
- The general authority BOP uses to place people in a halfway house (RRC) or home confinement before release. This is a request/recommendation, not a guarantee.
- RRC: Residential Reentry Center
- The formal name for a halfway house.
- Home Confinement
- Serving the final part of a sentence at a home address instead of a facility. Capped at the lesser of 10% of the sentence or 6 months under SCA, but FSA-earned credit isn't subject to that cap.
- RDAP: Residential Drug Abuse Program
- A 9-month treatment program that can reduce your sentence by 6-12 months (tiered by sentence length), for those with a documented substance abuse history. Applied before FSA credit is calculated.
- TDAT / CTS: Transitional Treatment
- The community-based follow-up treatment component required to fully complete RDAP and receive its sentence reduction.