Will Michael Alig be Released Soon?
For the past fifteen years, club kids abound have been wondering when their icon Michael Alig will be released. According to his good friend Lovepurple, he is waiting on the word regarding how much “Good Time” he’s receiving. Good Time in prison and jail land is time off from your sentence. You receive Good Time for attending classes consecutively for a month — Every month you attend all classes in a given subject (anger management, substance abuse, alcoholics anonymous, domestic violence, etc) most prisons and jails give you 2.5 days off your sentence. According to an article by Black Book Magazine The prison system wants Michael Alig to attend a drug abuse program for six months after he gets out in order to be released on parole. Lovepurple says “Hopefully that will be in the late summer of 2010. This isn’t in stone, but it’s what he’s been told.”
Read the full article at http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/alig-update-a-new-hope/15517
Just to correct the info above, the prison requires Michael to attend the 6 month drug treatment now while still in prison. In NY, the main way to get good time is not to lose it! Usually you do 2/3’s of your sentence, and if you’re good the whole time, you’ll be eligible for Conditional Release. (this is not for all sentences, but it’s true for Michael’s) Classes help also, but you have to put the time in! Even if you lose good time, as most inmates do, it usually happens earlier and is expected while getting used to prison life. If you turn into a model inmate during the last several years, you show you’re ready and deserve to get out, so they decide how much time you should get back based on behavior and accomplishments.