Article 29One-half of the period of the preventive imprisonment deducted from term of imprisonment
ELI5— what this means for you
Time spent in jail before conviction (preventive imprisonment) is deducted from the sentence — BUT only if the detainee agreed in writing to abide by the same rules as convicted prisoners. Otherwise, only 4/5 of the time is credited.
Official text — Act No. 3815
One-half of the period of the preventive imprisonment deducted from term of imprisonment.
-Offenders who nave undergone preventive imprisonment shall be credited in the service of their sentences consisting of deprivation of liberty, with one-half of the time during which they have undergone preventive imprisonment, except in the following cases:
1. When they are recidivists, or have been convicted previously twice or more times of any crime;
2. When upon being summoned for the execution of their sentence they have failed to surrender voluntarily;
3. When they have been convicted of robbery, theft, estafa, malversation of public funds, falsification, vagrancy, or prostitution.
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