A Hammond man on Thursday was sentenced to four months in prison after pleading guilty to one count of felony reentry to the United States.

U.S. District Judge Gretchen Lund also sentenced Juan Salinas-Santos, 29, to one year of supervised release to be served either when he’s released or if he reenters the country after his likely being deported. The supervised release, per new guidelines recently issued by U.S. Department of Justice, should be considered “added measure of deterrence,” Lund said.

The maximum sentence for which Salinas-Santos was eligible was two years, though Assistant U.S. Attorney Frank Sohn asked for six months. He asked for six months as part of general deterrence, he said.

“With all due respect to (U.S. District) Judge (Phillip) Simon, I do believe general deterre

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