What are the importance GCTA?

Good conduct time allowance or GCTA is the most important alphabetical representation to the
prisoner. It is earned through his demeanour while serving time in the prison system. It is
something that is immediately reflected on his prison record as a tentative computation on the
timeline of his incarceration.

Barring any unfortunate incident, the prisoner deserves his freedom in a period of time, which is
not according to the actual calendar date but rather on the legal correctional timetable. On top of
said prison sentence reduction scheme, another law was passed (RA 10592). It would add more
days that would reduce further the sentence, and that which is reckoned as jail time.

Let me simplify. If on a stretch an inmate earns 15 days off from every month of his penalty on
a regular basis before, the recent law would add more days. Hence, a prisoner will earn up to 45
days more for every month of his incarceration.

The computation would look like this. If a person is sentenced to more than 20 years, and from
the start of his incarceration he has served 10 years, as computed following the time allowance
provided for by law has been used (45 days off monthly), he has already satisfied and served out
his penalty already. That means that the prisoner will see freedom earlier, assuming that he has
never been involved in any prison infraction or has committed any offense during the period he
is serving time.