Woman convicted in ‘texting suicide case’ to be released from prison early for good behavior

The Massachusetts woman who was convicted for encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide through text messages will be released early from jail.

Michelle Carter, 23, has been serving her 15-month sentence at the Bristol County House of Correction in Dartmouth, Mass., since Feb. 11, 2019. She's expected to be released today for good behavior.

Jonathan Darling, the public information officer for the Bristol County Sheriff's Office, told ABC News that Carter has been a “model inmate.”

She was polite to staff and volunteers at the jail; she had no disciplinary problems; she also earned “good time” for participating in programs offered by the jail. Inmates can earn up to 10 “good time” days every month.

“We've had no problems with her at all,” Darling said

Carter was indicted on Feb. 4, 2015, about seven months after the death by suicide of her 18-year-old boyfriend Conrad Roy III.

On July 13, 2014, 17-year-old

Carter sent a series of messages to Roy encouraging him to kill himself.

One of them read, “I'm not saying (that your parents) want you to do it, but I honestly feel like they can except it. They know there's nothing they can do, they've tried helping, everyone's tried.”

Conrad parked his truck outside a Kmart and filled it with carbon monoxide.

A juvenile court judge ruled that the texts she'd sent to Roy were “reckless,” and she was convicted in 2017 of involuntary manslaughter.

She was sentenced to 2 1/2 years behind bars, a sentence that was later reduced to 15 months.

The case, which generated international media interest — from tabloids, to think pieces to a two-part HBO documentary — became known as the “texting suicide case.”

In September, the Massachusetts Parole Board denied her request for an early release.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal.