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Not less than 2. There is no federal parole. You earn good time at the rate of 55 days per year. So the maximum "Weev" could earn is 165 days. He has already been in seg once for rules violations so it's unlikely he would get the full 55 days, at least for this year.

He would be eligible for a halfway house; in his case that would be within three months of his mandatory release date.

So in any case he is going to spend more than two years in a federal prison. Doing time is not easy if you fight the prison system, and according to reports this is what he has been doing.

His sentence also undoubtedly contained a supervised release provision. So if he violates the conditions of his release (probably no computer use, that's a standard one) he goes back inside for the duration of the supervised release period.

Federal prison is no joke. There are very good reasons to appeal.



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