How long do you spend in jail for violating probation?

Answer 1

That question is very state-specific.

In Georgia, you can be revoked for up to 24 months for a technical violation.

If you commit a new crime while on probation, you can be revoked for either whatever time is left on your old sentence, or the maximum amount of time allowed as a sentence for the new crime. Example: You were sentenced to 20 years for burglary. 3 in prison and 17 on probation. As soon as you get out of prison (by maxing out your sentence) and start probation, you break into a car to steal the radio. That's a 5-year felony. So they can revoke only 5 years on you, not all of the 17 you've got left. But then when your new "entering an auto" case comes up, you can get up to 5 years AGAIN, and it can be (in theory) consecutive to the time you already got on the revocation! And one more thing: If you pled under the "First Offender Act" in Georgia, any violation of your probation can get you re-sentenced, with no limits on the new sentence other than that found in the statute for the Code section you violated.
It depends on the case. It could be anywhere from no time to all of the remaining time left on probation.

Answer 2

1 month to 4 months

Another View: The answer is totally at the discretion of the judge who granted you the probation in the first place. It can be as long as the length of the incarceration time you originally avoided.

Answer 3

The answer is totally at the discretion of the judge who granted you the probation in the first place. But, it can be for up to as long as the length of the incarceration time you originally avoided. It can also depend on why you got VOP'd. If it was due to the commission of a new offense, the sentence for the new offense will get added onto the original one.

Answer 4

It would depend on what your offense was. How long have you been out of jail and what you were doing during that time that caused you to violate your probation? It would also depend on your parole officer and the judge that would do the sentencing.

Answer 5

They could give you a portion of what you have left, all of what you have left, or even go to the point of giving you the whole amount you had on paper and not count what you have already completed.

Answer 6

Some inmates have served for life, after a probation violation. This is due to the fact that they have murdered another inmate while in jail, and then have received the maximum sentence. (From a technical standpoint, not all time is subsequently served in jail, on a life sentence. It is almost always the case, that the inmate is then transferred to prison.)

And, to answer the original question, it depends on the type of probation violation (e.g. minor probation violation vs. rape or murder) and on what the original crime and sentence was.

Answer 7

Sent to jail to serve the remainder of your original sentence.

Answer 8

I know a relative, he stayed in jail for only 2 months.