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In the US, Deferred incarceration is a sentence of imprisonment that is allowed to be served at a future time. Commonly, a deferred incarceration is conditional. For example, a court may defer an imprisonment, pending the results of an appeal. A court decides whether a prison sentence may be deferred or whether the convicted person must go to jail immediately.

This term is often confused with another sentensing practice, a court's option of suspending a sentence, which is a different sentencing tool that is not available in US federal courts.

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