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... > criminology > social history of crime > courts, corrections, punishments > corrections > early release programs

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early release programs

Definition(s)

Sooner or later, almost every incarcerated person is released back into society. Early release is the means by which a convicted offender, serving a sentence in some type of correctional facility, is discharged some time before completing his or her total term, be it days, months, or years. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Early Release Programs]

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corrections

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