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Conditional release

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Conditional release is a method of release from incarceration that is contingent upon obeying conditions of release under threat of revocation (return to prison) under reduced due process protections."[1] It is sometimes viewed as a less restrictive alternative of hospitalization of psychiatric patients.[2]

References

  1. ^ Doherty, Fiona (2013). "Indeterminate Sentencing Returns: The Invention of Supervised Release". N.Y.U. L. Rev. 88 (958).
  2. ^ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17085608