Furlough
Definition
A short periodic leave from prison granted to maintain family and social ties, treated in Indian practice as a right earned by conduct rather than as a case-specific need.
Related terms
- After-Care Services
- Organised support, shelter, and placement assistance offered to a released prisoner to ease the return to family, work, and community life.
- 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 of earning marks for labour and conduct, which a prisoner could exchange for progression toward earlier release.
- 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...