Conditional release is a method of release from detention that is contingent upon obeying conditions under threat of return to detention under reduced
due process
Due process of law is application by the state of all legal rules and principles pertaining to a case so all legal rights that are owed to a person are respected. Due process balances the power of law of the land and protects the individual p ...
protections.
When applicable in the context of post-conviction detention, unconditional release can be a synonym of
parole
Parole, also known as provisional release, supervised release, or being on paper, is a form of early release of a prisoner, prison inmate where the prisoner agrees to abide by behavioral conditions, including checking-in with their designated ...
.
Suspects may also receive a conditional release from investigative detention. In many jurisdictions this can be synonymous with release under investigation (RUI), in the UK, or judicial interim release in Canada.
In a psychiatric setting
Conditional release can also be used as a less restrictive alternative to hospitalizing psychiatric patients.
References
Imprisonment and detention
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