prisoner release
Letting inmates go
Prisoner release is the act of freeing someone from incarceration, whether at the end of a sentence, through parole, or by legal order.
The term appears in news coverage and policy discussions: The prisoner release program aims to reduce overcrowding.
Early release may be conditional, requiring supervision or good behavior.
- paroleConditional early release
- parole boardBody granting early freedom
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- liberationRelease from constraint
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
bail · clemency · pardon · exoneration · discharge · acquittal · gates · handcuffs · shackles · homecoming · reunion · second chance · probation · ankle monitor · sentence · warden · courthouse · appeal
- Israeli-Palestinian ConflictIsraeli-Palestinian conflict, West Bank, Gaza, East Jerusalem, PLO
- postwarrebuilding, demobilization, peace treaties, treaty signing, war reparations
- Northern Ireland lawBelfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, devolution, power sharing, peace process
- redemptionredemption arc, redeemed, forgiven, saved, moral redemption
- clemencypardon, amnesty, clemency, reprieve, commutation
- War Endingspeace treaty, armistice, ceasefire agreement, surrender, unconditional surrender
custodial status change
prisoner releaseimprisonment
Legal detention in jail
incarceration · arrest · detention · capture · jailing
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