Exam 15: Release From Incarceration

Signed into law in 2008, the Act is a federal law that is designed to ensure the safe and successful return of people in prison through grants to states and communities to support reentry initiatives.

Parole boards always welcome public criticism.

is based on the assumptions of indeterminate sentences and rehabilitative programs.

Captain Alexander Maconochie, who administered British penal colonies in Tasmania and elsewhere, developed a system in which individuals could .

Parole is also known as .

If parole is not regularly awarded to eligible people in prison, among incarcerated individuals may suffer, consequently impacting their attitudes and behavior toward staff and other incarcerated people.

Statistics show that most parolees return to prison before they complete supervision.

An incarcerated person's eligibility for release into community supervision depends on requirements set by law and .

Discretionary release places great faith in the ability of the parole board members to .

Describe key figures and movements in the development of concepts of parole and discretionary release.

From the philosophy of community corrections has come the model, a model that focuses on reconnecting the convicted person with society.

The concept of means that parole is an extension of correctional programs into the community.

Discuss the tensions that often exist between the powers delegated to parole boards on the one hand and the legal authority and responsibility of judges on the other.

One impact of the explosive growth of the nation's prison population is the huge increase in the number of incarcerated individuals who are released into the community on parole.

All state and the federal governments allow discretionary release by the parole board within the boundaries of the sentence and the law.

In all U.S. states, the parole board (releasing authority) is part of the department of corrections.

Parole in the United States evolved during the 19th century following the English, Australian, and Irish practices of conditional pardon, apprenticeship by indenture, and transportation.

An incarcerated person's eligibility for release to community supervision depends on requirements set by and the sentence imposed by the court.

Parole is the conditional release of an individual from .

Only people convicted of felonies are released on parole.