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Parole
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PAROLE As of July 1, 2002, offenders on parole in Indiana consist of 5,341 males and 546 females. (www.in.gov/incorrections/facts/statisic) Parole is the status of offenders conditionally released from confinement facility prior to the expiration of their sentences and placed under supervision of a parole agency. (Champion p.4) Convicted offenders who have served some time in jail or prison and earning an early release are called parolees. Ordinarily, inmates must serve the minimum amount of time specified, but they may be released in different ways short of serving their full term. All parolees have previously been inmates of some state or federal facility. (p.26) The philosophy of parole is prisoner rehabilitation through reintegrating offenders into society. The manifest and latent functions of parole include reintegrating offenders into society; controlling or deterring crime; alleviating prison overcrowding; remedying sentencing disparities attributable to race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status; and public protection. (p.283) Parole originated in the eighteenth century in Spain, France, and England and became popular in the United States in the mid-1800s as a means of alleviating prison overcrowding. The father of parole, Alexander Maconochie, was an early prison reformer who sought to assist prisoner earn early release through marks of commendation or good mark. These types of rewards have been continued in United States prisons as good time credits against time served. Parole is a continuation of the parolee punishment to a degree. Parolees are under varying degrees of supervision of the parole officers. Which is not ending until the original sentence has been served. (p.270) Parole boards have jurisdiction over parolees and decide whether they should be released short of serving their full sentences. Each parole board in the United States has different functions.
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