In all cases in the District of Columbia where a defendant is sent to jail or to the Workhouse in default of the payment of a fine he shall be released upon the payment of the balance of the fine due by him after crediting thereon as paid an amount equal to the proportion the time thus served by him in the Jail or Workhouse bears to the whole time he was to serve under the sentence.
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1341, ch. 854, § 936.)
1981 Ed., § 24-404.
1973 Ed., § 24-404.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 24 - Prisoners and Their Treatment
Chapter 2 - Prisons and Prisoners
§ 24–201.01. Place of imprisonment; cumulative sentences; jurisdiction of prosecutions. [Repealed]
§ 24–201.03. Transfer from Jail to Workhouse
§ 24–201.04. Commutation of fine
§ 24–201.05. Good conduct deduction. [Repealed]
§ 24–201.06. Release in District
§ 24–201.07. Jail and Washington Asylum combined
§ 24–201.08. Commitments to Washington Asylum and Jail
§ 24–201.10. Detention of United States prisoners in Washington Asylum and Jail
§ 24–201.11. Appointment and supervision of prison personnel
§ 24–201.12. Employment of prisoners
§ 24–201.13. Commitment by Marshal
§ 24–201.14. Delivery of prisoners to Marshal
§ 24–201.15. Accountability for safekeeping of prisoners
§ 24–201.16. Annual report by Superintendent
§ 24–201.18. Sale of products of Workhouse and Reformatory. [Repealed]
§ 24–201.19. Sale of gun mountings. [Repealed]
§ 24–201.21. Grounds of Jail increased
§ 24–201.22. Payment for subsistence of prisoners
§ 24–201.23. Payment for maintenance of Jail
§ 24–201.24. Reimbursement of United States
§ 24–201.25. Charge against District for care of convicts
§ 24–201.26. Place of imprisonment