Consequently there are no cases in our books which show what the appropriate determinate sentence is specifically for that offence.

Paul Embry was sentenced to a six year determinate sentence for burglary.

Cases sentenced under the new law would serve determinate sentences with limited reduction for good time (about 15%).

When granting a determinate sentence the court takes into account the crime, the prisoner's behaviour in prison, public safety and the chance of rehabilitation.

He explained: We are going to be replacing a failed system that doesn't work, [which] the public don't understand, with tough, determinate sentences.

Under guideliness set by Congress, Federal prisoners also serve determinate sentences without parole.

The result is a "determinate" sentence, known to all from the start: no parole, and a sharply circumscribed amount of time off for good behavior.

A 1984 law called for replacement of that system with "determinate" sentences, to be served in full with no chance for parole.

All the men on determinate sentences at Maidstone are eligible for parole, theoretically when one third of their sentence has been served.

Offenders with determinate sentences occupy about 20% of the slots at high restriction facilities.