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"Truth in Sentencing" is the colloquial or media term applied to the mandatory minimum time laws. The only guarantee within these laws from state to state is that offenders will serve the minimum portion of their sentence, effectively eliminating the possibility of earned good behavior credit.

The Violent Crim Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 set aside $4 billion in federal prison construction funds (called Truth in Sentencing Incentive Funds) for states that adopt truth in sentencing laws and are able to guarantee that certain violent offenders will serve 85% of their sentenceTruth in sentencing - a close correspondence between the sentence imposed on an offender and the time actually served before release from prison.

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