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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a model of incarceration that emphasizes security, discipline, and order | custodial model |
| a model of correctional institution that emphasizes maintaining the offender's ties to family and community as a method of reform, recognizing that the offender will be returning to society | reintegration model |
| the values and norms of the prison social system that define the inmates' idea of the model prisoner | inmate code |
| the process of assigning an inmate to a category specifying his or her needs for security, treatment, education, work assignment, and readiness for release | classification |
| legal restrictions that prevent released felons from voting, serving on juries, and holding public office | civil disabilities |
| conduct restrictions that parolees must follow as a legally binding requirement of being released | conditions of release |
| the release of an inmate from prison to conditional supervision at the discretion of the parole board within the boundaries set by the sentence and the penal law | discretionary release |
| the release of an inmate from incarceration, without any further correctional supervision; the inmate cannot be returned to prison for any remaining portion of the sentence for the current offense | expiration release |
| the temporary release of an inmate from a correctional institution for a brief period, usually one to three days, for a visit home. Such programs help maintain family ties and prepare inmates for release on parole | furlough |
| a correctional facility housing convicted felons who spend a portion of their day at work in the community but reside in the halfway house during nonworking hours | halfway house |
| a sentence determined by statutes and requiring that a certain penalty be imposed and carried out for convicted offenders who meet certain criteria | mandatory release |
| a term used in some states to avoid the rigidity of mandatory release by placing convicts under supervision in various community settings | other conditional release |
| an action of the executive branch of state or federal government excluding the offense and absolving the offender from the consequences of the crime | pardon |
| the conditional release of an inmate from incarceration under supervision after a part of the prison sentence has been served | parole |
| the release of an inmate from incarceration to probation supervision, as required by the sentencing judge | probation release |
| a system of conditional release form prison, devised by Captain Alexander Maconochie and first developed in Ireland by Sir Walter Crofton | ticket of leave |
| the day-time release of inmates from correctional institutions so they can work or attend school | work and educational release |