User:Jessamyncp/Compassionate release
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Compassionate release is a legal system that grants inmates early release from prison sentences on special grounds such as terminal illness or a child in the community with an urgent need for his or her incarcerated guardian.[1] Compassionate release procedures, also known as medical release, can be legally mandated or can be conducted internally by the correctional system. Unlike parole, compassionate release is not based on a prisoner's behavior or sentencing.
In 2009, Corrections systems with compassionate release procedures included the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons (often known as the BOP)[2], California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and others.
United States Federal Bureau of Prisons
[edit]In the BOP, inmates file a petition for Compassionate release with the Warden. The inmate may only initiate a request "when there are particularly extraordinary or compelling circumstances which could not reasonably have been foreseen by the court at the time of sentencing."[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Extraordinary and Compelling: A Re-Examination of the Justifications for Compassionate Release William W. Berry III University of Mississippi School of Law Maryland Law Review, Vol. 68, No. 4, 2009
- ^ http://www.bop.gov/news/press/press_releases/ipaorg.jsp
- ^ "Compassionate Release, Procedures For Implementation 18 USC 3582/4205", http://www.bop.gov/policy/progstat/5050_046.pdf