What is Parole?
26-08-2023
11:15 AM
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Overview:
The Supreme Court recently said that the period of parole granted to convicts during the Covid-19 pandemic to prevent overcrowding in prisons cannot be counted as part of their actual sentence period and has to be excluded from it.
About Parole:
- Parole is a system of releasing a prisoner with a suspension of the sentence.
- The release is conditional, usually subject to behaviour, and requires periodic reporting to the authorities for a set period of time.
- It is not a right of a prisoner and may be denied to a prisoner even when he makes out a sufficient case.
What is Furlough?
- A broadly similar but subtly different concept is a furlough, which is given in the case of long-term imprisonment.
- While furlough is seen as a matter of right, to be granted periodically irrespective of any reason and merely to enable the prisoner to retain family and social ties,
- Furlough is given by the state, but its decision can be challenged before a court of law
Q1) What is a court?
A court is an institution that the government sets up to settle disputes through a legal process. People come to court to resolve their disagreements.
Source: Parole days cannot be counted as part of the sentence period: Top court
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