5. Understand what happens if you commit another crime

Serving an intermittent sentence means that you will be in the community during the week. While you're in the community, you will be on probation and must follow specific conditions.

If you're found guilty of another crime while serving an intermittent sentence, the intermittent sentence will end. This will happen right away unless the judge orders something different. You will be sentenced for the new crime.

You will serve the rest of your sentence in a jail full-time, not on weekends. You will serve your sentence on consecutive days in what is called “straight time”. This means one day after another without a break.

Any additional sentence will also be consecutive. This means you will serve your sentences one after the other, instead of at the same time.