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IF you were sentenced to a year in prison

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Fuckyousanta · 29/12/2018 17:47

And then fell into a coma on the day of your sentence and then woke up on the day of your release, would you still have to do the time? Or redo it? Or would they just let you go 🤔

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Lollypop27 · 29/12/2018 17:53

This is the kind of random shit that keeps me awake at night 🤣

I know nothing about the U.K. prison service is it like America where they give you a date to go to jail? I thought the U.K. you were on court and went straight to jail from there.

If so you would already be in custody and your sentence would have started so yes you would be serving your time.

ScreamingBadSanta · 29/12/2018 17:56

Presumably you would have to stay in a secure medical facility (in case you woke up and absconded) so the secure facility would count as prison.

SneakyGremlins · 29/12/2018 17:57

It counts as you serving time, I know this.

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notacooldad · 29/12/2018 17:57

I'm so g to know why you want to know!

notacooldad · 29/12/2018 17:58

Typo.. I'm dying to know .....

SunnySomer · 29/12/2018 18:02

There are secure medical facilities in prisons. I’ve only ever visited one, but people were receiving all kinds of care including end of life care (cancer), dementia etc. I suppose it may depend what level of support your coma might require

ILoveChristmasLights · 29/12/2018 18:06

I’m more curious as to how ‘sneakygremlins’ knows this...

x2boys · 29/12/2018 18:09

If you were sentenced to a year would you not only have to do six months anyway? May be they would postpone it?

picklemebaubles · 29/12/2018 18:18

Sneaky knows many things...

Singingtherapy · 29/12/2018 18:22

is it like America where they give you a date to go to jail?

Ohhh now I understand the opening of orange is the new black! I couldn't understand how someone was just turning up in prison off their own bat!

InAPreviousLife · 29/12/2018 18:33

The UK justice system so is fucked up they'd probably pay you compensation for not being conscious to receive your rehabilitation activities!

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Fuckyousanta · 29/12/2018 23:17

It just popped into my head and I needed to know

Sneaky, how do you know?!

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Cauliflowersqueeze · 29/12/2018 23:18

I’m sure it would count. A year of your life would be gone.

ChodeofChodeHall · 29/12/2018 23:30

Ohhh now I understand the opening of orange is the new black! I couldn't understand how someone was just turning up in prison off their own bat!

I think they only do that if you're rich and white.

SneakyGremlins · 30/12/2018 00:24

I have a friend in prison currently who had someone in the next... Cell? Block? Wing? Don't know the terminology - Go into a coma with a few weeks left on the sentence. Woke up and was free to go.

I wasn't in prison for eating before getting to the till or something

picklemebaubles · 30/12/2018 07:31

What if you overstayed? Maybe that could count towards any subsequent detentions at her majesty's pleasure.

Bernadetteloves · 30/12/2018 07:52

It would be handy. I think it would have to count even if you spent the entire time in a normal hospital. The year is up. You wouldn't have been free to go if you had recovered during the year so you have done your time.

HeronLanyon · 30/12/2018 08:01

Definitely would count as time served. Given I don’t think there would be any loss of time served for bad behaviour you should get out around 6 months later when you would be transferred to A high dependency unit in regular hospital but at least your family could visit regularly until your wake date
At criminal bar and have had clients with similar situations. Usually the other way around ie clearly diagnosed fatal illness meaning deathnlikely to be before release results in earlynrelease or shorter sentence imposed - not in all cases obvs - depends on type of offence, length of sentence, how much served and release situation etc.

treaclesoda · 30/12/2018 08:03

What if you overstayed? Maybe that could count towards any subsequent detentions at her majesty's pleasure.

If you overstayed you'd probably be charged for your accommodation. I'm almost certain that there was a strange case a few years ago where someone had been wrongly imprisoned and was awarded compensation. But then they were forced to hand some or all of the compensation back to the government to cover the cost of having imprisoned them in the first place.

treaclesoda · 30/12/2018 08:04

Actually, there was probably a lot more to it than that, but it was one of those unbelievable sensationalist tabloid stories, so that's how it was reported.

HeronLanyon · 30/12/2018 08:08

treaclesoda that sounds very odd. Possibly cos that defendantnrepresented himself and told probabtion/court deliberate falsehoods to avoid eg wife becoming involved which also meant non custodial was ruled out as community sentence no longer appropriate ?? But in that case compensation would be unlikely in the first place. Hmmm thought provoking. Possibly he received benefit whist inside which was considered lasting - ie drug treatment, education , medical or dental treatment but still can’t see basis on which that would be recoverable by HMP.

treaclesoda · 30/12/2018 08:11

treaclesoda that sounds very odd.

Yes, it was definitely odd. I think it was probably some very complex case but the media just reported it as 'ooh, look, man was wrongly imprisoned and is now being charged for it'.

Must have a Google and see if I can find the story

TheFatberg · 30/12/2018 08:14

Treaclesoda I seem to remember something like that for the Guildford Four or Birmingham Six, but I don't know if it was ever actioned. Jack Straw involved possibly?

DeepanKrispanEven · 30/12/2018 08:29

The UK justice system so is fucked up they'd probably pay you compensation for not being conscious to receive your rehabilitation activities!

Bollocks. People who write this sort of crap really ought to spend a couple of months in prison to find out some basic facts.

KittyLikesMagic · 30/12/2018 08:38

*Ohhh now I understand the opening of orange is the new black! I couldn't understand how someone was just turning up in prison off their own bat!

I think they only do that if you're rich and white*

I read the book that OITNB was based on. In real life, Piper's actually had, as I recall, over a YEAR where she knew she was going to prison but didn't know where or when, due to hold ups with court etc. I don't have much sympathy for her, she committed a crime and deserved to go to prison. But that wait must have been terrible.

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