Place of Confinement

After sentencing, there can be jail time.  Which jail is always a question for state sentences.  Obviously, the different sentences come with different jails that people would go to. With a maximum term of five or more years the defendant must be committed to a Department of Corrections for confinement. Minimum terms of two or more years but less than 5 years may be committed to the Department of Corrections or the county prison under the jurisdiction of the court. Maximum terms of two years or less the defendant are committed to a county prison under the court's jurisdiction.  If you think that you or someone has been wrongly imprisoned somewhere call a Bucks County criminal lawyer.  In Bucks County, the maximum legal sentence for a “county sentence” is 11 ½ months.

If a defendant needs alcohol and drug treatment during sentencing the sentence and the facility must include a treatment program and facility. With the treatments, there could be elements of electronic surveillance, or partial confinement programs like work release, a work camp, or a halfway facility. Once a defendant is sentenced to a Department of Corrections facility, he may be sent to any state correctional center that is deemed appropriate by the Department of Corrections.  If you want to learn more about the different sentencing rules look at  section 9732 of the Sentencing code.