Vick enters drug program | ajc.com
Drug Program May Reduce Vick's Sentence | ajc.com
I wounder if he planned getting caught smoking pot, or if his lawyer put him up to this.
Vick enters drug program
Rehab, move to Kansas may cut prison time
By D. ORLANDO LEDBETTER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 01/08/08
Suspended Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, who was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison for his guilty plea on charges related to dogfighting, plans to enter a drug treatment program that could reduce his time behind bars.
"Mr. Vick has been transferred from the Northern Neck Regional Jail in Virginia to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons minimum security facility in Leavenworth, Kan.," his attorneys, Billy Martin and Lawrence H. Woodward Jr., said in a jointly issued statement Monday. "Mr. Vick hopes to participate in programs offered at that facility, including the Bureau of Prisons drug treatment program."
Vick, who failed a drug test while awaiting sentencing in the dogfighting case, is eligible for a federal drug treatment program known as the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP). Inmates are involved in intensive treatment that lasts six to 12 months, with a minimum of 500 hours of treatment.
Upon completion of the program, the inmate's eligibility for early release based on previous criminal convictions is determined. Vick did not have any previous convictions before his dogfighting case.
The RDAP accepts inmates, and they are eligible for early release even if they have not been convicted of drug-related offenses provided they meet a series of qualifications. Vick meets those requirements.
Animal rights activists were not happy that Vick may not serve his entire 23-month sentence. "The drugs were completely irrelevant to the actual crime here," said John Goodwin, the Humane Society's deputy manager of animal fighting issues. "If this was drug rehab or a narcotics-related event, that's another thing, but the issue of killing these dogs is an entirely different matter."
According to Criminal Justice magazine, which is published by the American Bar Association, the program is known as the 500-hour Comprehensive RDAP. Some qualified offenders will be eligible for an early release benefit of up to 12 months. The Bureau of Prisons average is 8.5 months, usually coupled with an extended halfway house stay or home confinement.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Monday that Vick had been transferred to Leavenworth, but would not confirm that Vick would be entered into the drug program. Vick was moved from Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw, Va., where he has been since reporting to prison before being sentenced Dec. 10.
For now, Vick's prison number is 33765-183, and his projected release date is July 2009, which would be the full 23-month sentence.
An 8.5-month reduction on top of a possible reduction of 15 percent for good conduct means Vick could be released before the end of 2008. He faces an April 2 trial date in Virginia on state dogfighting charges.
An early prison release would allow Vick to apply sooner for reinstatement to the NFL. He is suspended indefinitely but is still on the Falcons' roster. A suspension by the NFL for the conviction and failed drug test is possible.
Gee, this is rediculous,
the guy gets caught doing drugs,, they add a little time to the sentence, they say go to rehab .
So now he gets out EARLIER because of this ?
How about telling him to go to rehab AND STICK AROUND ... he's got nothing else to do, why would it be an option.
What kind of country club is this ?
Does he get NFL ST next year so he can see his buddies too ?
Jimbo
Disco dancer you are making an accusation, period. Do you have absolute [INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE] that Mr. Vick did that?He did it on purpose to serve some of his time in rehab instead of jail. I don't think he will get out early....but doing his jail time in rehab is ALOT easier than doing it in federal prison.
Of course Disco dancer doesn'tDisco dancer you are making an accusation, period. Do you have absolute [INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE] that Mr. Vick did that?
Thank you
Animal rights activists were not happy that Vick may not serve his entire 23-month sentence. "The drugs were completely irrelevant to the actual crime here," said John Goodwin, the Humane Society's deputy manager of animal fighting issues. "If this was drug rehab or a narcotics-related event, that's another thing, but the issue of killing these dogs is an entirely different matter."
What am I missing? How can someone that goes to jail for killing and torturing dogs and orchestrating an illegal dog fighting gambling ring shorten his sentence by going to drug rehab? This is insane if that monster gets his sentence shortened.....
And OP, calling Vick a "genius" is an insult to your own intelligence.
Disco dancer you are making an accusation, period. Do you have absolute [INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE] that Mr. Vick did that?
Thank you
He did it on purpose to serve some of his time in rehab instead of jail. I don't think he will get out early....but doing his jail time in rehab is ALOT easier than doing it in federal prison.
But rehab should not count towards his prison time.
But it does, and that's why he's doing it. I agree with Salsa, I think he knew or his lawyer knew that if he got high before the trial and got caught, he would do less time.
Then they should ADD another year to his sentence, that would serve him right.
And send him to prison not the country club he's currently in.
Jimbo
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