The supervised, conditional release of an offender from incarceration before the end of their sentence, allowing them to serve the remainder of the sentence in the community under specified conditions.
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What is the difference between parole and probation?
Probation is a court sanction of community supervision imposed in place of a prison sentence, ordered at sentencing by a judge. Parole is the supervised release of an offender granted by a parole board after part of a prison sentence has already been served.
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Source Wikipedia: Alexander Maconochie
Walter Crofton's Irish system (from 1854), building on Alexander Maconochie's mark system, added supervised conditional release on a ticket-of-leave, the direct historical precursor of modern parole; spot-verified live via web search 2026-09-04.
Source Wikipedia: Zebulon Brockway
Sources
1. Siegel, Criminology: The Core
Larry J. Siegel, Cengage Learning
Zendeh Del Law Firm: Is Community Supervision the Same as Probation?
Wikipedia: Alexander Maconochie
Informed By: Alexander Maconochie, Penal reformer sectionQuote, Informed By: Alexander Maconochie, Penal reformer section
He is known as the 'Father of Parole'
Wikipedia: Zebulon Brockway
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: Parole (Wex Legal Dictionary)
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law SchoolIn Group: Community Supervision, Page textQuote, In Group: Community Supervision, Page text
Parole is the conditional release of prisoners before the full completion of their sentence .
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