parole system
Supervised early freedom
The parole system is the institutional framework for releasing prisoners before their sentences end, subject to conditions and supervision.
A parole board evaluates inmates for early release; parole officers then monitor them in the community.
Violations can mean return to prison.
Critics argue the parole system sets people up to fail.
- probationSupervised trial period
- conditional releaseFreedom requiring compliance
- sentencing guidelinesRecommended ranges for court penalties
- GPS trackingSatellite-based position detection
- penal systemsInstitutional frameworks for punishment
family reunification · clemency · curfew enforcement · case management · clean record · compliance checks · life skills training · electronic monitoring · educational programs · housing assistance · penitentiary · judicial discretion · eligibility criteria · time served · good behavior · check-in · statutory law · sentence
- criminal justicearrest, jail, court, prison, crime
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- California PrisonsSan Quentin, Alcatraz, state prison, state prisons, correctional facilities
- Police Historyconstables, Metropolitan Police, night watch, Scotland Yard, sheriffs
- POW campsPOW, POW camp, prison camp, prisoners, prisoner
- Civil War PrisonsAndersonville, POW camps, prison camps, stockades
parole systemlife without parole
Incarceration until death
life imprisonment · indefinite detention · three-strikes laws · death penalty · capital punishment
parole systemretributive justice
Punishment proportional to offense
mandatory sentencing · mass incarceration · zero tolerance policies · tough on crime