- Sentencing Court Determines:
- The length of the prison sentence;
- How sentence runs in relation to other sentences, e.g., concurrent, consecutive, etc.: 18 U.S.C. §3584(a) & Setser v. United States, – U.S.-, 132 S.Ct.1463 (2012)
- Bureau Determines:
- Date of sentence commencement – 18 U.S.C. §3585(a)
- Prior custody credit – 18 U.S.C. §3585(b)
- Projected good conduct time – 18 U.S.C. §3624(b)
- Projected release date – 18 U.S.C. §3624(a)
- Place of incarceration – 18 U.S.C. §3621(b)
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