Let me tell you some about reality man. If you're there its real... If you assume something may have happened or may not have happened, based on some imagined knowledge you have of the event that actually took place then it is you who has no grasp of reality. It's going to be next to impossible for you to know more about my arrest and charges than me since I've studied the police report and witness statements more than needed to know what I'm talking about so just read this.
Your question was "And just how will the fact of having an existing record cause you to return to jail?"
The answer in the way things SHOULD be is "There is no reason I should return to jail because of my record". The thing is, people like you who seem to have no experience in these issues are the ones who lack the real reality of how things happen in the REAL world. Not the TV shows 'Law and Order' or 'Cops'.
No doubt on the fact that being out is better than being in, hulk. It's just that you just remind me of someone who talks about being on a safari, seeing lions and hyenas, yet never left the seat of his couch, never mind been to Africa. The point is I was really there and I KNOW what happened and it was injustice due to , as I said, "a criminal record, cops doing a slack job" and the squeaky clean records of my so called victims. After reading all of the witness statements in jail dozens of times I could in fact point out that the police had too much information on their hands that didn't add up to me being the one in the wrong. The criminal record is what did it. If I was just walking down the street and I ran into the police that night would I be arrested for having a criminal record? No.
But to answer your question If I am outnumbered by people who wrote witness statements saying I just randomly began to "stab them for no reason" when it was them who attacked me and there is even third party witnesses who agree they went after me and the police cant conclude what happened, because this is the way the real world works, just listen... they will take a look at their computer in the squad car and see if I have a record and if it is 'more or less right' to arrest and charge me rather than doing a good job of the whole thing. Like I already said this doesn't happen every day but just remember things aren't what you see on TV. I have spent enough time on the streets and dealt with police officers enough(part of why my past lead to them assuming I was on the offense) to know... I mean absolutely KNOW how many police officers work.
What you say about having a record by itself is true. That alone will not get me sent to jail. It's not like they're just going to roll up on me and arrest me with some BS charge out of the blue... But If I were to cross these people's path again and all I did was defend myself... Since I hate to say that I'm not gonna wait the 5-10 minute response time for police to defend me and then the cops finally show up and I am and was completely acting in the law the whole time, however these clowns decide to team up on me and write 4 witness statements to out weigh those of the bystanders(if there's only a couple lets say) then they will look at my record and make a decision based on that. Especially if I have a history with them and if they are being lazy and just want to get it all over with quickly and feel that they did the right thing by putting another "bad guy away".
Unless your a street cop or a career criminal you have very little grounds to be arguing this with me. You'd still be wrong, but at least you'd have grounds. Judges and lawyers would have a little less credentials than a street cop in this argument, since they rarely see what actually goes on. So unless your one of the above please leave the keyboard alone and I can tell your not one of the above because you think that a person needs to be convicted to do jail time when in fact all they need is to be remanded. I never said its the sole reason but the fact is having one is a serious disadvantage in legal situations. Go ahead and check out the other reasons I stated in my second post and all this pile of info I've stated then go get some actual experience and tell me it's not easier to go back to jail with a criminal record.
Edit: If I wanted some advice on how to stay out of jail I'd talk to someone who's done some time and stayed out for a minimum of a few years since then. I wouldn't ask for help on a Penis Enlargement newbie forum. It's you who's lacking the understanding of the situation at hand. Since I wanted some Penis Enlargement advice I went here for it, not to get a flawed lecture from my elders about staying out of jail... nuff said.