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[AdamN]

My founder has just been given two live sentences, i was wondering how long a life sentence is, i know it may sound silly but in the Uk i think a life sentence is 22 years. The game says my founder is in prison for -2 months.

Thanks in advance Adam

[Servant Corps]

A life sentence last until you die, AdamN. So, you're going to have to say in prison forever. Having more than one life sentence is just there for show, as a way of showcasing just how much society wants you punished.

Life sentences exist so that you have the potential to break your founder out of prison, altough if he get rearrested, the courts are going to be very likely to convict you again.

[BigFatDwarf]

The game says my founder is in prison for -2 months.

Still, smells of a conservative bug. Months going into negative?

[Jonathan S. Fox]

The game says my founder is in prison for -2 months.

That's a display bug (it should say life sentence instead), but your founder should be kept in prison for the appropriate (eternal) time anyway. Life sentences are modeled in negatives -- the -2 means "two consecutive life sentences". But that's all under the hood, and shouldn't be shown on that screen.

[Neonivek]

A life sentence last until you die

That isn't quite how it works to my knowledge.

A Life Sentence lasts a minimum of 20 years however if you are seen as dangerous to society, and possibly other things, they can basically keep you in jail forever.

At least that is how I "think" the Canadian system works.

[Aqizzar]

What a life sentence usually means is, the term is effectively forever, but after 20 years you can be allowed to make a case for your parole every once in a while.  You have prove you're not dangerous anymore of course, and I don't know how long a life sentence parole lasts.  The case can also be settled with no opportunity for parole.

[Servant Corps]

A life sentence last until you die

That isn't quite how it works to my knowledge.

A Life Sentence lasts a minimum of 20 years however if you are seen as dangerous to society, and possibly other things, they can basically keep you in jail forever.

At least that is how I "think" the Canadian system works.

Well, it's how it works in LCS. Once you are in prison for life, it's life. No ifs, ands, or buts.

Which just means, of course, that somebody needs to mod in a parole system.

[LiteralKa]

A life sentence last until you die

That isn't quite how it works to my knowledge.

A Life Sentence lasts a minimum of 20 years however if you are seen as dangerous to society, and possibly other things, they can basically keep you in jail forever.

At least that is how I "think" the Canadian system works.

Well, it's how it works in LCS. Once you are in prison for life, it's life. No ifs, ands, or buts.

Which just means, of course, that somebody needs to mod in a parole system.

I'm probably going to change this.

[Jonathan S. Fox]

That would be great, as it would give a greater sense of realism. It could also contribute to the beginnings of a system for modeling behaviors in prison; once you can get out on parole, or be released early after most of your sentence is completed, your behavior in prison becomes more significant. Job training and reading about law in the library would seem to be likely to give you more brownie points than working out and getting into fights. This would also give an opportunity to reveal in greater detail the difference between conservative prison conditions and liberal prison conditions.

One question to consider is how parole will be handled -- you could just have any LCS members let out immediately jump parole, but if that's the case they should be immediately returned to prison to complete their sentence when arrested, the same way escapees should (but aren't currently). Otherwise, they'll be expected to stay out of trouble, sever all contact with the LCS, and get a real job. I might suggest that a character be permitted to become a low-level sleeper (perhaps of the fast food worker or secretary variety) in order to follow along with this.

[Little]

And then they could rejoin after their parole is up?

[Jonathan S. Fox]

I would imagine so.

[LiteralKa]

My founder has just been given two live sentences, i was wondering how long a life sentence is, i know it may sound silly but in the Uk i think a life sentence is 22 years. The game says my founder is in prison for -2 months.

Thanks in advance Adam

Wait, *negative* two months?

[EuchreJack]

Actually, this ties into an idea I had about jobs...

Essentially, jobs should change.  For instance, don't college students stay college students forever currently?  Why not let sleeper college students become sleeper lawyers eventually?  Or, perhaps sleeper office workers can become sleeper office managers, who in turn become sleeper CEOs?  Best of all, useful sleeper teenagers don't have to become useless sleeper political activists...

[Jonathan S. Fox]

My founder has just been given two live sentences, i was wondering how long a life sentence is, i know it may sound silly but in the Uk i think a life sentence is 22 years. The game says my founder is in prison for -2 months.

Thanks in advance Adam

Wait, *negative* two months?

Yeah, as I mentioned earlier in the thread, life sentences are modeled in-game by negative numbers for the number of months you're sentenced to. The display bug is probably arising from the fact that it only displays special life sentence text instead of printing the number for -1, when it should do so for any negative number.

[LiteralKa]

My founder has just been given two live sentences, i was wondering how long a life sentence is, i know it may sound silly but in the Uk i think a life sentence is 22 years. The game says my founder is in prison for -2 months.

Thanks in advance Adam

Wait, *negative* two months?

Yeah, as I mentioned earlier in the thread, life sentences are modeled in-game by negative numbers for the number of months you're sentenced to. The display bug is probably arising from the fact that it only displays special life sentence text instead of printing the number for -1, when it should do so for any negative number.

Ah, I see...