In another thread a poster mentioned the effective length of incarceration, which is to say the "real" amount of time someone ends up in prison or otherwise deprived of liberty. People who are sentenced "on paper" to prison for a period of time often don't serve the entire sentence. Instead they are, depending on the relevant laws and regulations, released earlier with or without conditions.
In practice the length of incarceration may be shortened by as much as half of the de jure length, maybe even made shorter. In Sweden, for example, people who are imprisoned often only serve 2/3 of their original sentence. This is called "conditional release" and they may get certain conditions upon their release such as a prohibition on alcohol consumption and such. The minimum length one has to serve to get conditional release is one month.
Besides this it's a possibility that, after half of their sentence has been served, they can be allowed to serve the rest of the amount at home with house arrest and ankle-bracelet.
In general i think this system works well enough. I'm more interested to hear about how "parole" and other similar systems work in practice since i have gotten the impression that in many cases people are "paroled" based upon their superficial charm.
In practice the length of incarceration may be shortened by as much as half of the de jure length, maybe even made shorter. In Sweden, for example, people who are imprisoned often only serve 2/3 of their original sentence. This is called "conditional release" and they may get certain conditions upon their release such as a prohibition on alcohol consumption and such. The minimum length one has to serve to get conditional release is one month.
Besides this it's a possibility that, after half of their sentence has been served, they can be allowed to serve the rest of the amount at home with house arrest and ankle-bracelet.
In general i think this system works well enough. I'm more interested to hear about how "parole" and other similar systems work in practice since i have gotten the impression that in many cases people are "paroled" based upon their superficial charm.
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