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Conditional Release

Definition

The general category covering any release, such as parole, that remains subject to conditions and can be revoked on breach.

Related terms

After-Care Services
Organised assistance given at and after release, run through state after-care societies and halfway homes, to prevent drift back into destitution.
Furlough
A short periodic leave from prison granted to maintain family and social ties, treated in Indian practice as a right earned by...
Halfway Home
A residential facility housing a released prisoner with no family to return to, for a transitional period while the person finds work.
Irish System
Walter Crofton's staged progression from separate confinement through public works and an intermediate stage to release on a ticket-of-leave.
Mark System
Alexander Maconochie's scheme at Norfolk Island where a convict earned marks for labour and conduct that bought progression toward conditional freedom.
Parole
Conditional early release from a custodial sentence after a portion has been served. The released person remains under supervision and subject to...
Ticket-of-Leave
A certificate issued under the Irish system permitting a convict to live in the community before sentence expiry, subject to police reporting...

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